Sentence examples similar to defy damage from inspiring English sources

Gustav Metzger, who died aged 90 last year, was revered for his auto-destructive art: he sprayed acid on canvas to cause damage over time, defying the notion of long-term commercial value.

"But this one has defied all probability without lightning-strike damage and never having been struck by a car even though it's so close to the road".

But he defies critics who think climate scientists damage their reputations as honest brokers by advocating certain policies.

Generally, only those problems involving damage to the nervous system defy therapy.

But the pipeline's opponents say that even if no permanent damage has been done, TransCanada has defied the principle of U.S. law.

And Ernest has a cartoon character's ability to defy the laws of nature and physics with no permanent damage.

I'm not pushing Halloween on the grieving or those reeling from damage that's hard to fathom, or encouraging  defying city and town decisions.

He might think that if he damages the prestige of the courts, he can defy the Supreme Court if it ultimately rules against the travel ban.

But having repaired diplomatic ties badly damaged by the Iraq war, the Obama administration was able to defy skeptics by working with our European Union partners to impose sanctions that have isolated Russia and badly damaged its economy.

We measure inequality in numbers — quintiles, average and median incomes, percentages of national wealth, unemployment statistics, economic growth rates — but the damage it is doing to our national life today defies quantification.

Is it OK to admit that I am sadder about such damage in Italy than anywhere else? Itay's cultural greatness defies its geological instability.