Pronunciation of the English word defied.
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1. | He defied me to dive off the cliff. | |
2. | They defied the policeman's order. | |
3. | They defied the laws of the king. | |
4. | Dan's story defied common sense. | |
5. | Mary defied her father's wishes. | |
6. | On we stride / through shadowy ways; and I who rushing spear / and thronging foes but lately had defied, / now fear each sound, each whisper of the air, / trembling for him I lead, and for the charge I bear. | |
7. | In the Athens suburb of Agia Parasksevi earlier this week, more than 400 young Greeks defied social-distancing rules by buying take-away drinks from local pubs and turning the district's main square into a massive, open-air block party. | |
8. | The patterns of those pulsations have so far defied understanding. | |
9. | Some villagers defied a coronavirus curfew to join the navy and coast guard, wading into the breaking surf to push the small whales back into the water. | |
10. | When Yanni defied his boss's instructions, it was the final straw. |