Sentence examples for were defying from inspiring English sources

The onlookers were defying more than the inclement weather.

The House Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, said lawmakers were defying the wishes of their constituents.

The demonstrators, mainly workers, students and Communist Party members, were defying a government ban on all street rallies.

At the time iron ore prices were defying gravity thanks to the rapid growth of the Chinese and Indian economies.

For all the public debate about Guantánamo, there was little sign that members of the military were defying their superiors.

"I suppose we were defying the laws of gravity," said Maureen Lodes, president of the Sharon Springs Chamber of Commerce.

Conventions were defied and major novelties ­devised.

Tribal conventions were defied by a shared chorus of: "There's only one Bobby Robson".

In the present study, the previously mentioned drawbacks were defied.

"I was defying motherhood.

Iran and North Korea are defying us.