Sentence examples for the defying from inspiring English sources

It is this smashing of the odds, the defying of the worldly fates that pronounce this or that should happen, that remind me of the power of the human spirit.

And the risk of defying the Taliban is still high.

The incident, defying analysis, is all instinct.

Appease the weak, defy the strong".

Even now he finds the work defies the usual pigeonholes.

The plunge defied the laws of physics and Canada.

But for 40 minutes, the protesters defied the threat.

"In Iran, the people are openly defying the government.

Patently, the Middle East defies all the formulas.

We are defying the patriarchy, we are defying the submissive norm".

The potential defendant fired the prosecutor and defied the judge.