Sentence examples for defy forecast from inspiring English sources

Where floods happen so fast they defy forecast and correctly earn what used to be the hyperbole of "biblical".

There are many reasons why companies defy forecasts or match them some stemming from how well they manage expectations, and how much they can smooth earnings.

Tropical Storm Zeta continued to defy forecasts of weakening.

He had defied forecasts of civil war, but at a price.

Manufacturers and the wider industrial sector failed to clock up any growth in November, defying forecasts for modest growth.

Defying forecasts ahead of the vote, the opposition party looks set to win a majority in the 200-seat Parliament. 200-seat Parliament

With a new name and a likable leader, the Communists have defied forecasts that they would vanish in the East German elections.

Barrow is perhaps an extreme example of persistent north-south differences, defying forecasts that growing prosperity would narrow the rift and offer alternatives to London's brighter lights.

The wider industrial sector, which also includes utilities and mining, was also flat, again defying forecasts for a 0.4% increase in output.

When it was a small Canadian start-up company that pioneered wireless e-mail and then smartphones, BlackBerry repeatedly demonstrated innovation and defied forecasts that it would be outflanked or bought by competitors like Palm, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola.

Stubborn clouds that many feared would ruin the view parted — somewhat — in north Queensland, defying forecasts of a total eclipse-viewing bust and relieving spectators who had fanned out to glimpse the celestial phenomenon.