Sentence examples for flew in the face of from inspiring English sources

His efforts flew in the face of tradition.

It flew in the face of my boredom.

– which flew in the face of Flowered Up's ethos.

The game flew in the face of almost all expectations.

It also flew in the face of the evidence.

Plato's optimistic philosophy flew in the face of Greek tragic wisdom.

This flew in the face of a plea from President Reagan to pass a "clean" increase.

Often, his laser focus flew in the face of screamingly obvious common sense.

That flew in the face of the Serbs' claims that they had ended their offensive.

The arrests flew in the face of the local conventional wisdom.

That flies in the face of sense".