11.   For the Vranases, having their car included is a thrill that almost defies explanation.

12.   His perspective informs his judgment, but in a way that defies easy explanation.

13.   How anyone could dream of submitting children to that tyranny before their time defies explanation.

14.   I love my children in a way that defies explanation but honestly, now and then, I think about my empty-nest-to-be.

15.   It is a mystery that defies easy explanation.

16.   It was a death that defied explanation.

17.   It has, of course, a metaphysical aspect, for it defies explanation either physiologically or psychologically.

18.   Located in the Country Club Plaza, famous for its Christmas lights, Unity Temple defies simple explanation.

19.   Nevertheless, the speed and the size of the turnaround for business and law schools defy easy explanation, school administrators say.

20.   One expert on sainthood, University of Kansas professor Beverly Boyd, said the sainthood process defies easy explanation.