Sentence examples for defy mortality from inspiring English sources
It is when this agony uncoils to consume the stage that Eifman's movement is at its best: when it expresses mortal fragility instead of trying to defy mortality.
Face it, however uncomfortably, and you defy mortality.
The chess game is a brilliant metaphor for man's attempt to defy mortality's gravity through his accomplishments, perhaps most vividly in the idea of artistic genius, the need to create a vital work which will survive the author's death.
Mrs Beeton became, after her death, a construct, a brand; also, a goddess in the sense of one who defies mortality.
Over Mr. Fonseca's crashing chords, Ms. Portuondo lingered over the line that translates, "as if tonight were the last time," defying mortality with romance.
Drugs, alcohol, marketing and lax federal oversight are working to defy modern trends of mortality, perhaps most starkly among middle-aged white women.
You reflect: mortality, this is your sad face; you defy decay only as a ghastly pickle".
But when it comes to several key indicators such as infant mortality and longevity, Latinos in the United States defy this paradigm.
Ulrich describes the daily lives of these women in attentive detail, their sorrows (child-mortality levels were high), their stubborn strength, and their willingness to defy social norms.
