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Sentences with defy

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  • This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. [VERB noun]
  • I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
  • History tells us that the first concept of man trying to defy gravity and actually fly was through a helicopter.
  • This simple technique will defy all the spoofs surrounding this important practice.
  • When the flowers open in spring they fill the night air with a fragrance that defies description. [VERB noun]
  • His actions defy explanation
  • I defy you to find funnier t-shirts per pixel-byte-second than what splays across the shiny screen at Torso Pants.
  • I defy you to climb that cliff
  • The puzzle defied solution
  • To defy parental authority.
  • A fort that defies attack.
  • They defied him to dive off the bridge.
  • To defy an enemy;   to defy the power of a magistrate;   to defy the arguments of an opponent;   to defy public opinion
  • If you defy your teacher you will get the strap.
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