Defies

From Björk to The Sneaker Pimps, from The Twilight Singers to 2 Bit Pie, from Pieta Brown to Official Secrets Act - the label defies generalization. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That pain defies my narrative abilities, and yet narration is all that I have, is my only way through the pain. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That again defies logic ... the man is interracial (black & white). ❋ Unknown (2008)

That again defies logic … the man is interracial (black & white). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The easiest explanation for why exit polls mismatch election results in spite of unacceptable mathematics probabilities it defies is surely a stolen election. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The phrase defies translation, but you get the idea. ❋ Unknown (2006)

According to Publisher’s Marketplace (subscription required), the mighty Amazon once again defies expectations: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The same is true of your claim that “ones” does not make sense because “the very definition of the word defies its pluralness”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The very definition of the word defies its pluralness (new word there). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Quantum mechanics, in other words, defies logic; surely then it follows that logic—at least that kind of logic—is outdated? ❋ Kristin McCloy (2010)

The $3 trillion price tag defies common sense – we simply cannot add all this new spending to the government rolls and claim to control the deficit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pachoogigian is a cowardly wallflower whose name defies pronounciation and whose status as a shill for W is well established. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"Resentimiento Social" could be translated as "social grudge" or "class resentment" though the richness of the meanings in the Venezuelan lingo defies accurate translation. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There are thoughts which lie too deep for words; passions whose expression defies the genius of the artist or the poet. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The effect is that the characters, though that appellation defies even a minimally realist representation of identity and motivation, may seem to be continually dissimulating as they edit and elide their own spoken words - but those words are not "their own" words, and they were definitively cut, in every sense, from the very start. ❋ Wal (2010)

This DeFi [trading app] uses Metamask. ❋ Undertheradar (2019)

"Ahh [excuse me bitch] are you just going to give me a [deffy], or are you going to do something with it?" "fuck dude, all I got was a [defy]" "Na fuck that bitch, she will probably just give you a defy" ❋ Harley, Lights & Styles (2011)

- Julia, we took so many nice pictures [yesterday night], remember? [Can you send] them to me? - Let me see. Omg...[Gabriela], we look terrifying - Defie, again!?? Another night full of defies.... ❋ Gilil (2020)

[I left] [muh] Defis in the toilet cause i was too lazy to [flush it]. ❋ Dubya Bush (2008)

You [gotta] defy [the Man] who holds [you down]. ❋ AYB (2003)

"Do you think they'll let me into the party tonight?" "Defi. You're bringing them [a case] of [Yeung], they'll [welcome] you with open arms." ❋ FtG (2006)

[Hey man], you [sure] are a defy ;) ❋ UltraseXiE (2006)

[when i] defy.... ❋ The One And Only Potat (2003)

that's like defying gravity, well [more like] [falling] with [style] ❋ Irh (2009)

[GLINDA] (spoken) [Elphaba] - why couldn't you have stayed calm for once, instead of flying [off the handle]! (sung) [I hope you're happy]! I hope you're happy now I hope you're happy how you Hurt your cause forever I hope you think you're clever! [ELPHABA] I hope you're happy I hope you're happy, too I hope you're proud how you Would [grovel] in submission To feed your own ambition BOTH So though I can't imagine how I hope you're happy right now GLINDA (spoken) [Elphie], listen to me. Just say you're sorry: (sung) You can still be with the Wizard What you've worked and waited for You can have all you ever wanted: ELPHABA (spoken) I know: (sung) But I don't want it - No - I can't want it Anymore: Something has changed [within me] Something is not the same I'm through with playing by the rules Of someone else's game Too late for second-guessing Too late to go back to sleep It's time to trust my instincts Close my eyes: and leap! It's time to try [Defying gravity] I think I'll try Defying gravity And you can't [pull me down]! GLINDA Can't I make you understand? You're having delusions of grandeur: ELPHABA I'm through accepting limits ''cause someone says they're so Some things I cannot change But till I try, I'll never know! Too long I've been afraid of Losing love I guess I've lost Well, if [that's love] It comes at much too high a cost! I'd sooner buy Defying gravity Kiss me goodbye I'm [defying gravity] And you can't pull me down: (spoken) [Glinda] - come with me. Think of what we could do: together. (sung) Unlimited Together we're unlimited Together we'll be the greatest team There's ever been Glinda - Dreams, the way we planned 'em GLINDA If we work in tandem: BOTH There's no fight we cannot win Just you and I Defying gravity With you and I Defying gravity ELPHABA They'll never bring us down! (spoken) Well? Are you coming? GLINDA I hope you're happy Now that you're choosing this ELPHABA (spoken) You too (sung) I hope it brings you bliss BOTH I really hope you get it And you don't live to regret it I hope you're happy in the end I hope you're happy, my friend: ELPHABA So if you care to find me Look to the western sky! As someone told me lately: "Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!" And if [I'm flying] solo At least I'm flying free To those who'd ground me Take a message back from me Tell them how I am Defying gravity I'm flying high Defying gravity And soon I'll match them in renown And nobody in all of Oz No Wizard that there is or was Is ever gonna bring me down! GLINDA I hope you're happy! CITIZENS OF OZ Look at her, she's wicked! Get her! ELPHABA :Bring me down! CITIZENS OF OZ No one mourns the wicked So we've got to bring her ELPHABA Woa-oh-ohhhh! CITIZENS OF OZ Down! (thanks to metrolyrics for these lyrics) ❋ Skyscout (2009)