Sentence examples for does defy from inspiring English sources

If Sunday's game in Ottawa does defy tradition by being worth paying attention to, it will because of who won't be there, starting with Alex Ovechkin.

Although the defeat of government legislation by the house has been relatively rare on major legislation, it sometimes does defy the government, especially Labour Party governments.

"It does defy belief, as this stadium used to be such a fortress for us," said Turner.

"It does defy belief that we can have a game in the most northerly point of league football called off one hour before kick-off," said Southern.

But in another way it does defy formula -- it doesn't give everything to you in the way you expect.

[Argues that tulipmania was not irrational in rare bulb trade though confesses that the price changes to common bulbs does "defy explanation"]Mackay, C. (2004) [1841] Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds.

That license goes unchecked, in large part, because what he does defies our most fundamental assumptions: one simply does not expect to find so consummate a con artist serving as Speaker of the House.

I imagine he gets tired of doing so, as what he does defies definition.

What kind of greater truth or good does defying the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution and the Supreme Court's decision generate?

So if you do defy the laws of nature, what will happen?

And he really did defy the Soviet tanks in Wenceslas Square in August 1968, briefly stopping a superpower's invasion in its tracks.