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What he had done to her face almost defies description.
The works defy description in either content and range of material.
She could see the change in him quite clearly, although it was so slight as to defy description.
What had been done to the American embassy library defied description.
Its location on a great river in the jungle almost defies description.
Others offer perks, which have recently become so complex as to defy description.
In fact, some of the species roses have fruits so large they defy description.
The cheering with which the toast was received defies description.
But those are risks worth taking, the analysts said, because current conditions seem to defy description.
The ideological baggage you packed into your question defies description.
It's an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
What he had seen in that mirror defied description.
The band's music is entirely instrumental and "does a good job of defying description".
There was an aspect to this Gillian that defied description.
A barrier of some sort, a colossal thing whose size defied description.
We have seen examples of cruelty and human anguish that really do defy description.
"There's a sense of history about the place, a majesty that defies description.
The result was a tiny teardrop that went so fast it defied description.
The mounts of the warriors defy description in earthly words.
He really defies description, and those are my favorite kinds of artists."
The shape is so strange that it defies description.
What we were "fitted" out with there defies description.
Her eyes defied description for they seemed to shift in color atop a base of shining silver.
There is old machinery, big and weighty, some pieces so strange looking they nearly defy description.
It is a structure so complicated that it defies description.