How To Use Fly in the face of In A Sentence
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Unfortunately, it seems to fly in the face of our animal instincts.
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Consequently, lies about climate change gain credence even when they fly in the face of the science that supposedly is their basis.
About: Blinded by Science
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Many such communities are still ruled by caciques (local strongmen) according to ‘uses and customs,’ which may fly in the face of such constitutional rights as religious freedom.
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Because while it may heighten their belief that gender is only a social construct, it would fly in the face of their simultaneously held, contradictory view that one is born and remains immutably woman (or man).
Neil Gaiman – ‘Changes’
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It just seems to fly in the face of the way we do business as law enforcement officers.
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Whether you agree or disagree with his policies, you cannot doubt that he acts from deep convictions, and that he is prepared to take courageous decisions that fly in the face of public opinion.
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He likes to fly in the face of convention.
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This seems to fly in the face of common sense, as Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow observed in his interview with us.
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This may fly in the face of the obvious and maybe I am foolish but I am soaring right now on the faith of unfaltering belief of what is possible.
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The author has gathered a thought-provoking collection of games that fly in the face of conventional chess wisdom.
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Because if I'm going to fly in the face of possible detractors I'd prefer to do it with pretty hair.
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Following the birth of his son, he gave himself over to a rapturous, sensual engagement with paint that seemed to fly in the face of his previous restraint.
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He likes to fly in the face of convention.
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These are all extremely entertaining, often silly episodes that fly in the face of the conventionalism most cartoons offer.
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Make all the 'moralistic' complaints you want about how alcohol and drugs are bad for society; you fly in the face of evidence that the cure is indeed worse than the disease.
Mommy Pact
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To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.
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The harsh figures fly in the face of the bland assurances by certain economists and politicians that the US economy was righting itself after a temporary setback early in the year.
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This ungodly revelation seems to fly in the face of his Christian faith.
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And that starts with introducing the mass of Canadian voters to human rights commissions, and introducing them in a manner that demonstrates the abnormalcy of these commissions -- how they fly in the face of our instinctive Canadian notions of justice, fair play, freedoms, pluralism, etc.
Ezra Levant: May 2008 Archives