Sentence examples for has never defied from inspiring English sources

On that winter evening in 1967, Steve vowed to have more sense than his brother; to this day he swears he has never defied his dad.

Or consider the Lunyu or Analects 1 2, where the importance of rightly ordered family relations is emphasized for right order in the state ("He who has grown to be a filial son and respectful younger brother will be unlikely to defy his superiors and there has never been the case of someone inclined to defy his superiors and stir up a rebellion").

And he pronounced that his campaign has "never been so united". His declaration defied intensifying leaks about discord within the campaign and between his staff and the Republican National Committee.

Confucius's disciple Youzi sketched an influential account of the role of filial piety in the development of complete virtue: "A young person who is filial and respectful of his elders rarely becomes the kind of person who is inclined to defy his superiors, and there has never been a case of one who is disinclined to defy his superiors stirring up rebellion.

Part of the reason Casting JonBenét defies easy categorization is because Green has never felt comfortable in either genre.

There have always been black public figures who defied the conventional wisdom, and the black community has never been monolithic.

Swing rhythms defy any narrower definition, and the music has never been notated exactly.

As far as I know she has never used any products that promise to give her age defying beauty.

Not wanting to put a blank card at the top as it would defy the point of the tower, Pam, who has never had a customer complaint against her, offers to get the last complaint.

Republicans defied their powerful Washington leadership to choose Donald J. Trump, a billionaire developer who has never held political office.

HUD has never aggressively enforced the language, although it has pursued some complaints against communities for defying that part of the law.