Sentence examples for defying expectation from inspiring English sources

Mind you, Brown has a knack for defying expectation.

Stoke and Delap (below) have taken nine points from their last 12 and are defying expectation.

(Further defying expectation, they are the younger team, too: Miami's average age is thirty-one; the Spurs' is twenty-eight).

Constantly defying expectation and the norm has formed the basis of Gilbert and George's extraordinary partnership since 1967.

Defying expectation, Sir Alex Ferguson renewed the striker's contract this year, citing his professionalism and influence on United's younger players.

At fifty-two, Waldman is known for defying expectation, even occasionally at the cost of self-consistency or inner peace.

It's fun defying expectations about me.

Mr. Cortines knows about defying expectations.

"Hair" has a history of defying expectations.

Throughout the record, Yancey seems bent on defying expectations.

Lawrence Goldhuber has made a career of defying expectations.