Sentence examples for instead of defying from inspiring English sources
There are huge benefits in exploiting a stronger cultural force instead of defying it.
It can align itself with the Paris agreement instead of defying it.
When executed correctly, Hollywood genre films — inexpensive movies that honor cinematic rules instead of defying them and stick to carefully defined categories — have tended to snag more than enough viewers to justify their modest cost.
At a time when the Turkish government has bitterly denounced Israel over the violent clash with the aid flotilla headed for Gaza, Mr. Gulen instead found fault with flotilla organizers, saying that they should have sought advance Israeli approval instead of "defying authority".
This time around, instead of defying parents and teachers, the ad encourages smokers to rebel against more recent anti-smoking social norms.
If the movement is serious about preventing such police abuse, it needs to put at least some emphasis on encouraging Black youngsters to cooperate with, instead of defying law enforcement.
What is missed in all of this is why something like Friday-night beers isn't sufficient: It might slowly erode a boundary instead of explicitly defying it, and as an act of rebellion, it doesn't really work.
"Hair" has a history of defying expectations.
Apple has a great track record of defying those rules.
Fear of defying convention.
