His style of play at times defied description; one New Zealand commentator, Keith Quinn, was famously reduced to gasps as Lomu devastated England's backline.

His simple style with bright, childlike colours defied description, and was compared to the Scottish Colourists, primitivists or naive artists, although Brian Sewell dismissed him as "a painter of too considered trifles".

Bill Crofut, a singer, composer and master banjo player whose style often defied categorization, died on Jan. 25 at his home in Sandisfield, Mass.

But Showalter's style is not wearing a fake mustache or defying authority.

Although usually grouped with country music singers, Miller's unique style defies easy classification.

And while his style defies West Coast basketball convention, the results can't be argued with.

His rococo style of oratory defied proper syntax.

The Bad Livers were a band from Austin, Texas whose inventive musical style defied attempts to categorize them according to existing genres.

Her musical style defies traditional description, and her works cross many musical genres.

It is "notable for its warm lyricism, but his style defies easy categorization.