Examples of 'defying' in a sentence
Meaning of "defying"
Defy (verb): To openly resist or refuse to obey a person, decision, rule, or convention
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- present participle of defy
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And defying clan orders like that.
Teenagers have been defying their parents.
Defying orders is never the right thing to do.
Felt a sad joy in defying any consideration.
For defying a notice to appear on a speeding charge.
Of a bewildering complexity defying easy or convincing solutions.
Defying is the worst of sins in a department store.
Jesus has a way of defying our expectations.
Defying authority and following your heart.
She will punish me for defying her.
You enjoy defying your former officers.
Or he would suspend us all for defying him.
I have been defying the odds my whole life.
Where strange primeval creatures defying evolution.
Defying the desert with ancient wisdom.
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Nobody said anything about defying no death to me.
Defying administrative directives and staff bulletins.
Any civilians caught defying martial law.
Defying the rules had its consequences.
But then we would be defying a royal order.
Defying nature can not be taken so lightly.
I would not say defying the king.
And defying the censorship of the soviet.
I will not have you defying me on this.
Defying logic and the laws of nature.
God is all about defying the odds.
Try defying a dictator and his regime.
You stand accused of defying papal orders.
Actively defying requests from authority figures.
Giardini workers struggle by defying capitalist laws.
I would be defying my conscience and our people.
Sanctifying the actual moment while defying it.
Like tiger defying the laws of gravity.
I rather like the idea of defying death.
Defying a law is punishable by our penal code.
Refusing to sing in church is openly defying scripture.
Defying expectations seems to be the only goal.
Its immortal ability was truly heaven defying.
Of birds defying the strictures of their cages.
You give the impression of defying us.
Defying authority and inciting others to insubordination.
We seem to be defying the laws of gravity.
Defying the odds and surviving a car.
The death defying cabinet of doom.
Defying the clan gets us nowhere.
Once again defying the odds.
Defying convention is one secret of success.
Such attitude was at least defying to the literary tradition.
I am defying them to come and get me.
Bekker became a heroic figure defying an army of obscurantists.
