will defy
- future tense of defy.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps stubborn Joshua will defy the best predictions of our scientists and survive long past this century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
Or perhaps, industry leaders and policymakers will defy those bleak expectations.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
That does not mean that in the end they will defy their leadership.
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2023
Or — more likely — she will defy him and set up a sort of “shadow” life that he can’t surveil.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2021
Movement is slow to preserve energy, and it is a rare animal which can or will defy the sun for long.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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