Sentence examples for defy augury from inspiring English sources

We defy augury.

So I defied augury, and like Hamlet and many an unfortunate from Greek tragedy of yore, I paid a heavy price.

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And the LSE's merger last year with the Italian Stock Exchange has proved a disaster.In this section Home's where the hurt is Dam difficult Defying augury Backyard blues Estate management Religious rights and wrongs Exit, unfunded?

Though the bank initially cut interest rates from 5.75% to 5%, it has not reduced them further for fear of stoking inflation.In this section Home's where the hurt is Dam difficult Defying augury Backyard blues Estate management Religious rights and wrongs Exit, unfunded?

Many academies (semi-independent state schools) are run by religious groups.In this section Home's where the hurt is Dam difficult Defying augury Backyard blues Estate management Religious rights and wrongs Exit, unfunded?

Polls conducted in December by Reforma, a newspaper, found that in a two-party race the PRI could still win: without their own candidate, many PAN or PRD voters would defect to it, not to the other opposition party.Could the PAN simply win a three-way race, defying the auguries of failure?

Still, the auguries are not in his favour.

"I defy anyone".

Both works defy norms.

We defy obscurity.