1.   Through their various plights, the drama questions a world where feminine ideals regularly defy rational explanation.

2.   Although the police said the investigation was closed, it is a case that defies easy explanations.

3.   Amazing, since so many traditions defy explanation!

4.   And the discovery of ever-larger galactic superclusters seemed to defy explanation if omega does equal one.

5.   A tremendous explosion in the distant universe briefly rivaled the entire cosmos in brightness and may defy explanation by conventional physics, a team of astronomers said Wednesday.

6.   But the painted air is a metaphysical cloak that defies such explanations.

7.   Even seemingly simple questions, such as why it is that the impact spots are black rather than some other color, defy ready explanation.

8.   For all our advances, consciousness defies explanation.

9.   For five years now, this esoteric individual has created twisted commentaries that are either drop-dead funny or simply defy explanation.

10.   For those who know him to express shock and amazement that he would embark on a mission of mass murder is an act of denial that defies explanation.