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Meanings of defy description in English

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Usage of defy description in English
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Then she came to a lad whose work appeared to defy description.
The new yorker
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The complicated headdress and the ornaments on the robes utterly defy description.
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
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There are some sorts of beauty which defy description, and almost scrutiny.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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And then the roads we had to drive along defy description.
A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba
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Here we soon came to a valley so beautiful as almost to defy description.
Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
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Once in motion, the noise of the wooden axle is such as to defy description.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
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The keenness and persistence of her grief defy description.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
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These sumptuously and elegantly furnished rooms defy description.
See America First
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Their gift boxes defy description; one is an eight-jar Indian curry selection (hand-mixed to boot!)
The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf...
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In a moment like that we are describing, incidents pass so rapidly as almost to defy description.
Oak Openings
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Horrors on a scale that defy description.
The new yorker
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The experience is unique, it seems to defy description, to be intense, vivid, and yet-likeitself alone.
The Psychology of Beauty
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A world where aerialists defy death, jugglers defy gravity, acrobats defy description and the clowns simply defy everyone.
The Irish Times
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His daily brain waves defy description.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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A scale that defy description.
The new yorker
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The light comes from an opening, an entrance into a second cave known as Zacatón, whose abyssal depths almost defy description.
Wired
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