"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defy verbo

defy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 61
defy orders • defy gravity • defy death • defy logic • defy expectations • defy the laws • defy description • defy authority • ...
verbo + defy
Kolokacji: 6
seem to defy • continue to defy • dare defy • continue defying • mean defying • ...
defy + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
defy in • defy on • defy with • defy by • defy from • ...
1. defy in = przeciwstawiać się w defy in
2. defy on = przeciwstawiać się na defy on
3. defy with = przeciwstawiać się z defy with
  • No one will be able to defy me anymore, not with this thing in my possession.
  • Others defy the space constraint with a shrug of humor.
  • The conflict's very basis defies comparison with any warfare we have faced in our history.
  • And on this day you try to defy me with it?
  • He defied all the odds with his determination to live life to the fullest.
  • It was easy to defy the Amyrlin-until she started staring at you with those sharp, cold blue eyes.
  • You cannot defy human nature with laws of injustice.
  • If so, his clients will defy the odds with the fickle American audience.
  • A straight-A student, she defies expectations with her perfect academic record at school.
  • She defied him with total calmness and strength of purpose.
4. defy from = przeciwstawiać się z defy from
5. defy by = przeciwstawiać się przez defy by
defy + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 9
openly defy • repeatedly defied • successfully defy • simply defy • consistently defied • ...

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