How to use in-sentence of “defy”:
– My personal understanding of resistance in relation to both African and African American cultures would be; having to defy the norms that have been set by the society.
– The people defy Aunt Polly and plan a bazaar to raise funds for a new building.
– This was a Pyrrhic victory, however; the city had shown itself strong enough to defy the powerful Archbishop of Cologne, but lost much of its trade: the “freed” town was two-thirds surrounded by territories with other rulers.
– Zuko, in a change of heart, decides to defy his father and join the Avatar.
– Many found it necessary to defy the Church.