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Defy (to ) conjugation

English
40 examples
This verb can also mean the following: do something difficult, renounce, follow a pattern, do, reject, refuse, refuse to obey
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Present Simple
defy
defy
defies
defy
defy
defy
Future Simple
will defy
will defy
will defy
will defy
will defy
will defy
Past Simple
defied
defied
defied
defied
defied
defied
Conditional Simple
would defy
would defy
would defy
would defy
would defy
would defy
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Present Progressive
am defying
are defying
is defying
are defying
are defying
are defying
Future Progressive
will be defying
will be defying
will be defying
will be defying
will be defying
will be defying
Past Progressive
was defying
were defying
was defying
were defying
were defying
were defying
Conditional Progressive
would be defying
would be defying
would be defying
would be defying
would be defying
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Present Perfect
have defied
have defied
has defied
have defied
have defied
have defied
Future Perfect
will have defied
will have defied
will have defied
will have defied
will have defied
will have defied
Past Perfect
had defied
had defied
had defied
had defied
had defied
had defied
Conditional Perfect
would have defied
would have defied
would have defied
would have defied
would have defied
would have defied
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Present Perfect Progressive
have been defying
have been defying
has been defying
have been defying
have been defying
have been defying
Future Perfect Progressive
will have been defying
will have been defying
will have been defying
will have been defying
will have been defying
will have been defying
Past Perfect Progressive
had been defying
had been defying
had been defying
had been defying
had been defying
had been defying
Conditional Perfect Progressive
would have been defying
would have been defying
would have been defying
would have been defying
would have been defying
would have been defying

Examples of defy

Example in EnglishTranslation in English
"'I, a huge Caucasian peak, defy the sun's rays "'and raging storms. "'A gale for you is a breeze for me.
"Any sign of defy... "
"I defy thee.
"To struggle against storms... to defy the wrath of lightning. My entire being trembles and my heart... "
"What was false must be true. Cause be the carrier of VaIka's might... to defy unhoIy flame."
"'I, a huge Caucasian peak, defy the sun's rays "'and raging storms. "'A gale for you is a breeze for me.
"Any sign of defy... "
"I defy thee.
"To struggle against storms... to defy the wrath of lightning. My entire being trembles and my heart... "
"What was false must be true. Cause be the carrier of VaIka's might... to defy unhoIy flame."
"And now you've got a guy who defies definition"
"But this now is not about the great Moshe, it's rather about the little Moshe,... "and about his courage that defies death, his values, and his faith in himself.
- A dangerous kind. He frees slaves in the name of liberty and defies the King's navy. I must have him!
- Actually, the keys were in it. - Oh, yeah, well, that kind of defies the point then, don't it?
- He defies your order, leads attack and now wants to turn back, Tus...
"And now you've got a guy who defies definition"
"But this now is not about the great Moshe, it's rather about the little Moshe,... "and about his courage that defies death, his values, and his faith in himself.
- A dangerous kind. He frees slaves in the name of liberty and defies the King's navy. I must have him!
- Actually, the keys were in it. - Oh, yeah, well, that kind of defies the point then, don't it?
- He defies your order, leads attack and now wants to turn back, Tus...
"'This Goliath shall be as one of them for he defied the armies of the Lord."'
"At her mother's house Mary had at last succumbed... to the weariness of mind and body which her gallant spirits... had defied so long."
"Here's a father, who defied death for the sake of his son"
"This man not only threatened my life but defied the law."
"This simple, common woman whose livelihood defied laws of morality...
"Aren't you taking a terrific risk in defying the Czar's wishes?"
"For commandeering a submarine, For defying the reich."
"In time of need, where others despair, heroes rise from seemingly innocent children filled death defying determination and icy cool head."
"It almost seems supernatural... "defying known physics...
"We won't go back to work" was the cry of 47 state and federal judges today defying the court order of Judge Ackerman.
"'This Goliath shall be as one of them for he defied the armies of the Lord."'
"At her mother's house Mary had at last succumbed... to the weariness of mind and body which her gallant spirits... had defied so long."
"Here's a father, who defied death for the sake of his son"
"This man not only threatened my life but defied the law."
"This simple, common woman whose livelihood defied laws of morality...
"Aren't you taking a terrific risk in defying the Czar's wishes?"
"For commandeering a submarine, For defying the reich."
"In time of need, where others despair, heroes rise from seemingly innocent children filled death defying determination and icy cool head."
"It almost seems supernatural... "defying known physics...
"We won't go back to work" was the cry of 47 state and federal judges today defying the court order of Judge Ackerman.

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