| defy order | 9.61 | So he does the natural thing and defies orders. | ||
| defy ban | 5.73 | Arafat vows to defy ban. | ||
| defy odd | 5.73 | It defies all odds. | ||
| defy logic | 5.07 | It defies logic. | ||
| defy law | 4.08 | We drank to defy the law. | ||
| defy expectation | 3.95 | The outcome defied expectation. | ||
| defy gravity | 3.88 | And he was doing things that defied gravity. | ||
| defy explanation | 3.09 | The Giants defy explanation. | ||
| defy authority | 2.83 | The song is about partying and defying authority. | ||
| defy prediction | 2.83 | He defied their prediction. | ||
| defy warning | 2.70 | Defying government warning, labor protests continue. | ||
| defy convention | 2.30 | Except that Martinez defies convention. | ||
| defy government | 2.24 | But members continue to defy the government. | ||
| defy rule | 2.24 | The punishment for defying these rules is public beatings. | ||
| defy description | 2.17 | It just defies description. | ||
| defy stereotype | 2.17 | But Ausmus defies any stereotype. | ||
| defy categorization | 2.04 | Some defy categorization. | ||
| defy effort | 1.91 | Boxing has long defied efforts to clean it up. | ||
| defy solution | 1.91 | -- A running game that seems to defy solution. | ||
| defy threat | 1.91 | They voted unanimously to defy the threat. |