1.   Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour, these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below.

2.   Defying gravity, wrecked buildings leaned drunkenly over the forlorn rubble-filled streets.

3.   Flares feature highly in the line up, as do dizzy platform shoes that defy gravity.

4.   Analysts and traders could give no reason why these stocks defied market gravity, as regional markets were routed in the biggest sell-off seen in several years.

5.   And he was doing things that defied gravity.

6.   And the strong dollar that helped make it all possible continues to defy gravity.

7.   And there is no way to defy the gravity that age brings, either.

8.   Beating odds, defying gravity, denying age, besting physics ... those are the kinds of achievements our natures crave.

9.   Bones that appear mammoth-sized frame desert landscapes or float above them, defying gravity.

10.   Brasilia was built with concrete, with long expanses sometimes perched over slender supports, or rising to forms that seemed to defy gravity.