Examples of defy logic in a Sentence
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But in the eighth year since Donald Trump took over the Republican Party, the G.O.P. continues to do things that would seem to defy logic.
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
But researchers say the official explanations for the spikes defy logic, due in part to the locations of the sensors that spiked and other factors.
—WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
But pushes from everyone from Elon Musk to Mark Cuban to Guy Fieri have kept it in the spotlight, and traders have decided to defy logic.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 May 2021
The sample size is small, but that sort of improvement still seems to almost defy logic.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2021
First the company pioneered the adoption of EVs by making a vehicle that seemed to defy logic.
—Jon Markman, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
Some people love their animals in ways that defy logic.
—Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
For reasons that defy logic, there are multiple versions of the exact same gun.
—Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
People also do many strange, showy things here that defy logic or payoff (and sometimes both) and make the film feel too quirky by half.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2020
Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
But researchers say the official explanations for the spikes defy logic, due in part to the locations of the sensors that spiked and other factors.
—WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
But pushes from everyone from Elon Musk to Mark Cuban to Guy Fieri have kept it in the spotlight, and traders have decided to defy logic.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 May 2021
The sample size is small, but that sort of improvement still seems to almost defy logic.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2021
First the company pioneered the adoption of EVs by making a vehicle that seemed to defy logic.
—Jon Markman, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
Some people love their animals in ways that defy logic.
—Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
For reasons that defy logic, there are multiple versions of the exact same gun.
—Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
People also do many strange, showy things here that defy logic or payoff (and sometimes both) and make the film feel too quirky by half.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2020
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