Sentence examples for yet he defied from inspiring English sources
Yet he defied the social norms of the kibbutz by skipping soccer, folk dancing and the youth movement to devote himself to 10 years serious study of the piano.
Yet on November 24th he defied the BJP's national leaders and stayed on, casting doubt on the BJP's credibility in any fight against corruption.The ex-boss of an anti-graft commission, Pratyush Sinha, threw his hands up in despair in September, saying his job was thankless and lamenting that increasingly materialistic Indians were becoming "utterly corrupt".
Passionately ideological yet profoundly secular, he defies the caricature of settlers as gun-toting radicals who attribute their politics to God and the Torah — he travels the world collecting art and wine, and a bald spot occupies the place others reserve for a skullcap.
He defied both categories.
But in other ways he defied stereotypes.
But he defied the demand of protesters that he quit.
Heck, he defied the law of nature.
Unlike most modern academics, he defied categorisation into narrow specialism.
He defied trends and was steadfast in his beliefs.
He defied a trend against the Conservatives nationally.
