Sentences with defy
de·fy
D d - 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.