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Example sentences for: defying

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Defying the critical consensus, The New Yorker 's Anthony Lane pans Donnie Brasco: Director Mike Newell "doesn't see anything funny in wise guys; I have an awful feeling he may even think of them as slightly wise."
For one hour they captivated their large audience of children and adults with stunning acrobatics and death defying spins from the rafters-
The Chicago Sun-Times ' Ebert says the themes about defying class and convention don't work: "kids aren't much tuned into that."
The Seagram Co. expanded plans to advertise liquor on television, defying President Clinton's plea to honor the half-century-old voluntary ban.
Specifically, he said he enjoyed defying Clinton's policy against commerce with Cuba.