Sentence examples for for defying from inspiring English sources

Ms Egan is famous for defying categorisation.

Clarke, however, was selected for defying the weakness around him.

Mind you, Brown has a knack for defying expectation.

He also has a knack for defying expectations.

Is this what I get for defying the travel manuals?

The application of American firepower has, ironically, also raised the bar for defying America's will.

Still, the state is known for defying pollsters' and pundits' expectations.

SIX cabinet ministers were beaten up for defying Zambia's president, Frederick Chiluba.

The British housing sector's talent for defying gravity may be on the wane.

(Only a handful of schoolgirls have so far been expelled for defying it).

The BBC deserves credit for defying demands made in Delhi and bringing forward this urgent broadcast.