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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-
2) Chrétien has a "policy" of defying Clinton.
The outlier: Rembrandt Age Defying Adult Formula Toothpaste (don't ask about the "Age Defying" part).
Defying all the summer punditry, Flytrap has been a nonfactor.