Sentence examples for defying from inspiring English sources

It is believed to have launched a long-range rocket and put an object into orbit in December 2012, defying scepticism and international warnings not to pursue such a programme, which could be used to develop intercontinental missiles.

As much as the member deserves some credit for this very long bow, he is defying your ruling, says Albanese.

In that context, it is perhaps wisest to view the past week's events as a bit of sport in the finest traditions of a paper that, for more than four decades, has delighted in defying the critics of its daily serving of nipples.

"No other British bird has come so close to the brink of extinction before defying all the odds to flourish in our modern landscape.

"Libya is defying the ICC's order to hand over Saif.

Defying the spectacular predictions that were made after 2008, this crisis is private, unequal and internalised.

Michele, Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated for her role as high-school singer Rachel Berry in Glee, performed Wicked's standout song Defying Gravity in the first series of the Fox TV show, and seems an obvious choice for the role of the wicked witch Elphaba.

Mind you, Brown has a knack for defying expectation.

But we can certainly say this – he is defying biology and history.

Defying all the odds, one courageous woman inspired all who heard her.

By helping their competitors, the ravens appeared to be defying all natural biological instinct.