He had lost no time in ridding himself of a wife who had defied his wishes.

And I won't have a wife who stands there and defies my wishes!

They only saw us as spoiled children defying their wishes.

So it may be, and so they defy my wishes!

Because of the union's wealth and influence, chancellors rarely defy its wishes.

She could not defy her mother's wishes, so she put on the ring and fell to the floor.

The only way he could attain the status required to defy his father's wishes, he told me, was to become a father himself.

As a young man he defied his father's wishes to become an engineer and became a choreographer instead.

He was powerful enough to wreck any paper which defied his wishes.

It is therefore extremely difficult for incumbents, mainly Democrats, to defy its wishes on the budget.