Sentence examples for failed to defy from inspiring English sources

Stations have tried, and failed, to defy the odds.

It is tempting to say that Vince failed to defy expectation, for Pakistan have his number.

Once the great progressive hope of the Democratic Party, he ultimately failed to defy Enoch Powell's famous dictum that "all political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure".

This further supports our finding that there is a relationship between geographical distance and culture, and allows us to speculate that the Internet fails to defy the law of gravity.

The US Bill of Rights, which has a strike-down power, has also failed to stop liberty defying legislation from being introduced like the USA Patriot Act 2001, the Homeland Security Act 2002, the Real ID Act 2005, the Detainee Treatment Act 2005 or the Military Commissions Act 2006.

BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand: "Yorkshire claimed the ascendency in the match after the Middlesex batting failed to produce a partnership to defy conditions that heavily favoured the bowlers.

Well, an all-but-forgotten short film featuring footage of the comic star failed to sell at a London auction, defying expectations that it might fetch a six-figure sum, Reuters reported.

Three judges said Mr. Pearson failed to show fraud and said his argument defied logic.

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

But he acknowledged that if the economy failed to rebound next year, Microsoft would be unlikely to continue to defy gravity.

Cameron failed to redraw the electoral boundaries in his favour; his quest to defy history and increase the Tory share of the vote looks all but hopeless.