Sentence examples for if defied from inspiring English sources

If a coercer lacks the power needed to do these things, it may be irrational for the coercer to execute his threat if defied, and hence frequently irrational for the coercee to accede to it.

Since then, IS's oppressive rule has made life hellish for its inhabitants; they're banned from smoking or watching TV, and have to follow strict dress codes, which – if defied – are punishable by lashing or death.

"Whose niece are you?" "Mr.'s — can't you tell?" Her eyelids grew wide and her chin rose, as if defying him not to notice the similarity.

When I think of them, and how warmly they look after me, as if defying a care to cloud my face, the tears spring to my eyes even before I can thank them.

With a brawny guitar riff between bursts of lyrics about fear and joy, it was full of boisterous bravado, as if defying all portents of economic downturn and recording-business woes.

As if defying everything a child has been warned against -- electricity and water don't mix -- the switched-on light bulb in "Electricity + Water III" (1993) leans into a glass of water.

And the final image, of Courage pulling her wagon, misses the key point: that she is travelling against the motion of the revolving stage, as if defying the force of history.

As if defying the scripture's insistence on transience as the only reality, this marvelous scroll is the earliest known dated example of a printed book, six centuries older than the Gutenberg Bible.

When spun, the top rotates in mid-air as if defying physics.

When I visited this weekend to attend the bar's 45th anniversary party, an enormous, foreboding tower crane sat across the street, as if defying it to continue existing.

Nor would it enjoy the opprobrium if it defied international law by evicting refugees.