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Example sentences for: defying

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2) Chrétien has a "policy" of defying Clinton.
Defying the two-year French occupation, philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte exhorted the German people to assume their rightful destiny as a nation.
For one hour they captivated their large audience of children and adults with stunning acrobatics and death defying spins from the rafters-
The outlier: Rembrandt Age Defying Adult Formula Toothpaste (don't ask about the "Age Defying" part).
For an excellent, maddening report on how anti-227 school administrators and teachers in Los Angeles are defying the law and continuing to teach "limited English" children in Spanish, read Jill Stewart's recent New Times Los Angeles account.