Sentence examples for students defied from inspiring English sources

In Ghent, students defied the chilly weather to strip to their underwear.

Two years ago Dreamer groups began holding coming-out ceremonies where students defied the immigration authorities with signs announcing they were "undocumented and unafraid".

Seth Mydans (NYT) INDONESIA: STUDENTS AGAINST PRESIDENT -- President Abdurrahman Wahid canceled a visit to a college in Yogyakarta, 240 miles east of Jakarta, after more than 1,000 students defied police water cannons, blocked the campus' gates and demanded that he resign over corruption allegations.

Just three blocks away from the federal courthouse is the famous Woolworth lunch counter where four black college students defied the convention of the day and sat down to be served on February 1 , 1960

Yet some students defy this rule.

The protests, which have continued despite efforts at mediation and an attempted university-wide forum to address popular grievances, saw students defy security cordons on the new multimillion dollar desert campus and surround the office of the university president, Lisa Anderson.

THON is where Penn State students defy the "careless college kid" stereotype and everyone (including the frat boys) sheds some tears.

These students defy the odds with their eagerness to explore a world full of mysteries and solutions.

And of note, St . Augustines College, a private liberal arts school, has consistently had more male students than female students, defying trends on most college campuses when it comes to gender.

The article also misstated in some copies the name of the college of the four black students who defied a whites-only rule at the Woolworth lunch counter.

These are people who were underground activists in a military dictatorship; some served jail time, and in 1973 many were among the students who defied tanks and destroyed a junta.