Sentence examples for it defied from inspiring English sources

The permanent members of the security council, with Germany, are discussing tougher UN sanctions against Tehran, after it defied its ultimatum to stop enriching uranium.

On its 1980 release it defied genre classification and was one of the defining sounds of the ensuing decade.

It was big, brash, and bold, but it defied the marketability of its contemporaries.

But this was something else -- something so catchy in its alphabet soup of influences that it defied you to tune it out.

It defied expectation and on June 7 will start its 13th year in the cozy Fortune Theater at at Covent Garden.

On September 16th it defied market hopes for lower interest rates and kept its short-term target at 2%.

"It defied belief".

It defied understanding.

It defied their sense of history.

It defied both their narratives".

The Butchers, as locals usually call it, defied a trend.