How To Use Defiance In A Sentence

Following his defiance, KSM was subjected to a number of coercive interrogation techniques besides being waterboarded the 183 times: he was kept up for seven and a half days straight while diapered and shackled, and he was told that his kids, who were now being held in American custody, would be killed. The Longest War
Her poetic styles vary from haiku to streetwise dramatic monologue, using the conventions of ‘standard’ English, as well as the defiance of Ebonics.
In defiance of the ceasefire, rebel troops are again firing on the capital.
The two leaders had earlier led a march of hundreds of demonstrators in defiance of a government ban on protest rallies or gatherings of more than four people.
I won't be surprised if the striking ‘colonels’ have been generously compensated for their brazen defiance of military norms.

The publishers signed up in defiance of the royal charter, which they say could allow politicians to interfere in press freedom. Times, Sunday Times
Spontaneous, full of life, and unbound by the conventional mores and laws of society, Carmen embodies the heroic defiance of free spirit, desire, and natural instinct over the social rules governing modernity.
And the issue is this -- starting from the contemptuous defiance of the scriptural doctrine upon the necessity of making provision for poverty as an indispensable element in civil communities, the economy of the age has lowered its tone by graduated descents, in each one successively of the four last _decennia_. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1
Walton, imagining that his discomposure was the consequence of guilty fear, called upon him to remember the duties which he owed to England, the benefits which he had received from himself, and the probable consequence of taking part in a pert boy's insolent defiance of the power of the governor of the province. Waverley Novels — Volume 12
This sustained defiance of the elements provoked occasional judgments in the shape of a "hoast" (cough), and the head of the house was then exhorted by his women folk to "change his feet" if he had happened to walk through a burn on his way home, and was pestered generally with sanitary precautions. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)
Towards the middle of the plain, there lay the bodies of several men who had fallen in the very act of grappling with the enemy; and there were seen countenances which still bore the stern expression of unextinguishable hate and defiance, hands which clasped the hilt of the broken falchion, or strove in vain to pluck the deadly arrow from the wound. The Monastery
Instead, her defiance of emergency rule has been carefully calibrated.
Maybe defiance will prove as irresistible an export as Levi's, Coke, and MTV.
Well mannered and quiet, with a stutter in his speaking voice - but not his singing one - Thompson nonetheless has an air of defiance about him.
Beyond it great beams of light lit up the depths of Glen Loyne and somewhere down below, red deer stags roared defiance at each other across the glen.
It is unclear whether MPs will push the deal through in defiance of the court ruling. Times, Sunday Times
Every voice in the great bright house was a call to the ingenuities and impunities of pleasure; every echo was a defiance of difficulty, doubt or danger; every aspect of the picture, a glowing plea for the immediate, and as with plenty more to come, was another phase of the spell. The Golden Bowl — Complete
Christ, a stranger to all religious practices, and breathing defiance against "sacerdotalism" and "theocracy". The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
The singing, including some golden oldies which date many fans as Stretford End and United Road veterans of the 1970s and 80s, have a joy, as well as defiance, about them. FC United of Manchester hope to make friends rather than millionaires
She laughed, standing as cool as you please, very grateful to the eye in tussore coat and skirt, with open-necked blouse, and some kind of rakish hat displaying her thick auburn hair in defiance of the fashion which decreed concealment even of eyebrows with flower-pot head gear. The Mountebank
It is extremely easy for students to make the mistake of cutting and pasting from the Internet," said Catharine O'Connell, vice president for academic affairs and academic dean at Defiance College. Ethics
Then he gave another whoop significant of the extreme of nervous abashedness and the incipient defiance of his masculine estate, there was a flourish of heels, followed by a swift glimmering slide of steel, and he was off trailing his sled. The Portion of Labor
The prisoner raised his fist in a gesture of defiance as he was led out of the courtroom.
This final act of defiance precipitated a lockdown of the entire Texas state prison system.
Blair's defiance is possible only because of the unprincipled character of the opposition he faces.
Normally busy streets and cafes were epty Thursday while crowds flocked to voting stations in defiance of the last-minute call forn ecion boycott by the country's former rebel moveent. ANC Daily News Briefing
Nkosi explained that Sisulu was the invisible power behind Mandela's successful defiance of the oppressive apartheid regime.
The looming spectres raised by her mother’s information, the wearing sense of being over-weighted in the race, were driving her to a Hamlet-like fantasticism and defiance of augury; moreover, she was abroad. The Hand of Ethelberta
The leviathan is said to play in the waters, because he is so well armed against all assaults that he sets them at defiance and laughs at the shaking of a spear, Job xli. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
He said nothing, but the tight set of his jaw made it quite clear that he did not approve of what he considered direct defiance of his wishes.
The prisoner raised his fist in a gesture of defiance as he was led out of the courtroom.
Barbie wore only her clear pink heels, her defiance untempered by her precarious stance on a white Lexus convertible. Bye-bye Love
Still the sight of Cassandra's tears forced her to continue in defiance of the facts.
Over time, the AK-47 rose above its use as a weapon to become a symbol of defiance and liberation.
She replied stubbornly and cocked her chin slightly in defiance.
David was a fierce competitor, an absolutely fierce competitor, and I respected the fact that he did not subscribe to the caecilian (ph) edict of in victory, magna menati (ph) and you beat defiance. CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2003
The Games were marvellous but talk of a legacy of swelling enthusiasm for energetic pursuits was always unconvincing defiance of Olympic history. Times, Sunday Times
Parents also describe their children as having an extreme degree of grandiose defiance, refusing to comply with authority at home or at school.
The demonstration is a pointless act/gesture of defiance against the government.
The stem of the poppy snakes down and up again, in defiance of gravity, the head faces the viewer.
As soon as the Castilians came in sight, the Tlascalans set up their yell of defiance, rising high above the wild barbaric minstrelsy of shell, atabal, and trumpet, with which they proclaimed their triumphant anticipations of victory over the paltry forces of the invaders. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes
She was heavily critical of what she described as the defiance of the state of Georgia and its inability to admit that it had made a mistake. Troy Davis execution set to go ahead as judge rejects last-minute appeal
But or he came so far forward, Arnold bishop of Liege had been with the king and had greatly entreated for the duke of Juliers, that the king should not be miscontent with him, though he were father to the duke of Gueldres; for he excused him of the defiance that his son had made, affirming how it was not by his knowledge nor consent, wherefore, he said, it were pity that the father should bear the default of the son. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
Any who fail are to be considered in defiance of This Council and dealt with accordingly.
School boards outside Toronto are also edging toward budgeting in defiance of provincial laws.
The depredators were, however, stunned with the courageous defiance by the Queen's soldiers.
Their authority is fundamentally illegitimate to begin with, meaning defiance carries no moral ambiguity, even if the physical consequences for the defier are deadly.
Nor, conversely, are the photographs tired clichés of class defiance.
The movie's theme song, which booms over the opening credits, is Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son," whose chorus laments "It ain't me …" with the blare of defiance, not resignation. The End of the World as We Know It
The condition of obstinate denial or doubt is met, from the theological point of view, when there is the existence of an objective situation of sin that endures in time and which the will of the individual member of the faithful does not bring to an end, no other requirements attitude of defiance, propr warning, etc. being necessary to establish the fundamental gravity of the situation in the Church. John Kerry, Excommunicated?
Page 168 the queen's work-box, and, in defiance of all my efforts to prevent him, he seized one piece, which he called a hammer, and began violently knocking the table with it. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3
There is a fine echo about these words, which keeps bombilating round and round in the head with utter defiance of sense and progress.
There is some basis for the rumour in her defiance of imperial protocol by riding cross-saddle, and a hint of overstimulation in her breathless reports of frantic gallops, but Catherine's nymphomania is a schoolboy legend.
One of the messengers fled for his life after he proclaimed Mary in Ipswich in defiance of the local elite's decision to proclaim Jane. 56 Norwich officials refused to allow Mary's messengers entry into the city because they claimed that they had not received confirmation of the king's death. From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
Behind him, the virescent beast crouched as if about to leap again, bellowing defiance and raising clenched fists that were as big as hams.
A moth flies by, wings beating slowly as though it were a bird; then a woman, barefoot in a long gown, appears to swim upward in defiance of gravity.
: Japan has threatened to resume commercial whaling after a suspension of more than 20 years, in a gesture of defiance towards conservationists and antiwhaling governments. Car Makers Squeezed
The words in the Hebrew run thus, "I will avenge the avengement," which importeth this much, that God is at open war and at public defiance with those that break His covenant: He is not only angry with them, but He will be revenged of them. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation
Yeah, in defiance of the hoariest cliche in the Big Bumper Book of Onscreen Melodramatic Cliches, have your characters wander into the House of DeathFilled WithPossible Anomaly Monsters, unarmoured, unarmed etc etc. Primeval Season 3: What The Hell Happened? – Updated « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS
He looked at the nurse with a sort of mulish defiance.
Secondly, pleasure in the thrill of defiance. Times, Sunday Times
But if we build upon "the sands" of fame or self-aggrandizement, and, like the towering oak, lift our insignificant heads in proud defiance of the coming storm, we may expect that our superstruction will fall! Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West
The stem of the poppy snakes down and up again, in defiance of gravity, the head faces the viewer.
These transactions, now recollected but as dreams of the night, were then sad realities; and nothing rescued us from their liberticide effect but the unyielding opposition of those firm spirits who sternly maintained their post, in defiance of terror, until their fellow citizens could be aroused to their own danger, and rally, and rescue the standard of the constitution. Miscellany
Defiance and resistance are exhilarating short-term stimuli and endeavors; they are not sustainable, long-term policy programs or national visions. Rami khouri : right but who’s listening
His step voice at depart me almost one Zhang the distant place stopped, I slowly cozy spirit, draw firm of heartstring but don't defiance to have cent to relax.
In recent weeks conservatives have joined the open defiance. Times, Sunday Times
Opposing lines - the cross A vertical line is highly energetic in its defiance of gravity.
In defiance of their trade unions, the workers were striking for improved working conditions and the release of a co-worker arrested for campaigning for a hartal (strike and shop closures).
Claim yourself in defiance, in hope, in love, in fury, in gratitude. Claim the Light. Claim the Dark. Claim it all. Nothing can stay.
This defiance, once Gorney was gone, had dissolved into sniffles, tears on Bauman's pillow. STONE CITY
It involves a more or less open act of defiance against any claim by the current regime. Christianity Today
In 2006, in an unusual act of defiance, a female fruit picker from South Africa condemned Tesco's labour practices in person at the company's annual general meeting, claiming that workers such as herself were receiving "breadline" wages. Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk
Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
How can such brazen defiance of health and safety regulations be tolerated?
The protesters showed their defiance of the official ban on demonstrations.
There was a palpable air of defiance on the terraces, but many of the fans will have headed home consumed by the nauseating feeling that York might not even be involved when the FA Cup gets under way next season.
They organized a street demonstration in defiance of the government ban.
A horror of any kind was no sooner past than it was straightway forgotten, and the facetious animal would advance with arched back and glaring eyes in defiance of an incursive hen, or twirl in mad hopeless career after its own miserable tail! Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
The Holocaust has actually lost it’s ability to make nominations happen–yeah, OK, The Reader, but Defiance and Valkyrie both of which were actually good got squadoosh, as did the Jeff Goldblum one and the Pajamas one and the Viggo one. ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS: 81ST OSCARS
She was angry at his approval of what she called my defiance of her father, and insisted that I was the catspaw of one of Heriot's plots to vex him. The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 1
Some 5,000 caravans are thought to be on green field or protected land in defiance of planning laws.
Their switch-flipping is a conscious expression of defiance to the idea that we should reduce the emission of GHGs into the atmosphere, and save Bangladeshis by doing so. Matthew Yglesias » Human Achievement Hour
Was this a blatant act of defiance by the popstrel? The Sun
Perhaps the consciousness encouraged a little defiance towards the critical strictness of persons.
There were limits to my daring in defiance of Hexton custom - I was a Fabian rather than a revolutionary by temperament. THE DISPOSAL OF THE LIVING
Many people were drinking in the streets, in flagrant defiance of the ban.
They organized a street demonstration in defiance of the government ban.
Yet, it was at the hill of Tara that St. Patrick lit the first Paschal fire in 433, which local high king Laoighire regarded as defiance against his pagan gods.
Which is why her courageous act of defiance deserves just as much attention and admiration as Bellingham's. Times, Sunday Times
For one fleeting moment the world has acted together in defiance of the group, whose isolation is now exposed for all to see.
A brutal junta invaded and annexed territory in defiance of international law. Times, Sunday Times
Their doubt is, in part, determined; and yet their vexation is increased by another messenger, who brings them word that their prisoners are preaching in the temple (v. 25): "Behold, the men whom you put in prison, and have sent for to your bar, are now hard by you here, standing in the temple, under your nose and in defiance of you, teaching the people. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
His gestures and movements are excessively self-aware in postures of cool and defiance, and for this very reason betray the emotions and vulnerability beneath.
Fifteen thousand men banded themselves together in London under an oath that they would stand by each other and by their leader; and FitzOsbert, after a vain journey to Normandy to arouse Richard's attention to the wrongs of his subjects, bade open defiance to the justiciar and his tax-gatherers. The Rise of the Democracy
Not just Latin but plainsong as well, a posthumous defiance of all the changes and compromises which Anna Haycraft (to give her her real name) had deplored not just in the Catholic but all the Christian churches.
Thus, non-acceptance of these norms by a daughter-in-law would be seen as an act of ‘defiance’ by a society which has for decades now put up with bride-burning on account of insufficient dowry.
He says that powerful conservative interests want him punished because he's a figurehead for defiance of authority.
Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.
He struck an attitude of defiance with a typically hard-hitting speech.
The problem with implementing it is that many people in the west ignorantly see eastern medicine as being in defiance of western science and/or religions. Or certain corners of Ohio.
Being asked his opinion about the death of Gracchus, and replying that the act was a righteous one, the people raised a shout of defiance, -- _Taceant, inquit, quibus Italia noverca non mater est, quos ego sub corona vendidi_ -- "Be silent, you to whom Italy is a stepdame not a mother, whom I myself have sold at the hammer of the auctioneer. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
Her eyes turned to Beatrice and locked in defiance of her former mistress.
The sustainable development traffic network overall arrangement should meet the traffic demand of the area first, moreover meet regional space pattern and national defiance demand.
Agitated by these reflections, which put sleep at defiance, Esther continued at her post, listening with that sort of acuteness which is termed instinct in the animals a few degrees below her in the scale of intelligence, for any of those noises which might indicate the approach of footsteps. The Prairie
Nor would the Virgin Queen oblige by naming a successor, but left her ministers to do it in defiance of English laws and at some risk to themselves.
One lord of Ulland had expressed his fancy on the eastern façade in gable and sculptured gargoyle; another his fear or his defiance in the squat and sturdy tower with its cautious slits in lieu of windows. The Convert
The workers acted in defiance of a Labor Ministry order for mandatory conciliation.
Next to me, I could almost feel Cale's hackles rising in defiance and uneasiness, much like a cornered dog about to make a break for it between the gaps in the ring of its attackers.
Tea Party activists view the flag as a historic symbol of American defiance, but critics say the familiar flag with the image of a coiled rattlesnake is now associated with the controversial political movement. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: April 9, 2010
Since then “daily walks” around Liberty sq - which is ‘sieged’ by police - are being organized as an act of defiance against the limitations of civil liberties imposed by Armenian government. Armenia: Opposition Protests Continue
Darwin writes: -- "On the mountains of Tierra del Fuego I have more than once seen a huanaco, on being approached, not only neigh and squeal, but prance and leap about in a most ridiculous manner, apparently in defiance as a challenge. The Naturalist in La Plata
Then the scene shifted to Ethiopia, where Mussolini, I think in contemptuous defiance of the entire world drove with his bayonet and guns the King of Kings, who went begging for his throne to all places. India's Fight For Freedom
I broke away from Andrew suddenly, in a liberating gesture of defiance.
We denounced in the strongest possible terms the intransigent and arrogant actions of the US government reflected by its decision to launch a brutal attack on the Iraqi people in defiance of world opinion," it said in a statement. ANC Daily News Briefing
A mixture of anger, defiance, conspiracy theories and dripping sarcasm that suggested here was a man at the end of his tether. The Sun
He shook his fist in a symbolic gesture of defiance.
Travellers from India brought me copies of underground newsletters, cyclostyled or badly printed on cheap paper, their ink smudged but their message clear, eloquent testimony both to the people's despair and their defiance.
As a statement of defiance, it was more effective than insulting a head of state.
Ney -- the bravest of the brave -- left alone in Russia at the last with seven hundred foreign recruits, men picked from here and there, called in from the highways and hedges to share the glory of the only Marshal who came back from Moscow with a name untarnished -- Ney and Girard, musket in hand, were the last to cross the bridge, shouting defiance at their Cossack foes, who, when they had hounded the last of the French across the frontier, flung themselves down on the bloodstained snow to rest. Barlasch of the Guard
The looming spectres raised by her mother's information, the wearing sense of being over-weighted in the race, were driving her to a Hamlet-like fantasticism and defiance of augury; moreover, she was abroad. The Hand of Ethelberta
Go?" she cried, with a defiance that was blood-curdling in one so small and hitherto so silent, "I will first go to that young gentleman who speaks my language and I will tell him all, and then, with his assistance, I will go straight -- but _straight_, do you hear? The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
There is much speculation about the motivation behind this act of defiance. Times, Sunday Times
The penalty for defiance of the ban will not be so high. Times, Sunday Times
Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
The next day, a larger number of vendors swarmed the square in defiance of the authorities.
IFC Films/Everett Collection A scene from 'Che' Clips from Italian neorealistic cinema showing communists being murdered by Mussolini 's Fascists — an era of genuine defiance — contrast with scenes in the apartment where Moro is kept in a cell behind a bookcase. Terrorism Back on the Big Screen
A city of northwest Ohio southwest of Toledo. Fort Defiance was built on the site by Anthony Wayne in1794. Population, 16, 768.
I clamped them together around the brim of my hat, as if in defiance of them being taken.
The characteristic feature of monopoly prices is the monopolist's defiance of the wishes of the consumers.
The call thrilled an answering chord of defiance in every breast, and a low ominous murmur swept through the hall. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
It was also an act of defiance. The Times Literary Supplement
He missed a determined rearguard effort from his side, who displayed a character and defiance not often seen from French teams on the road. Times, Sunday Times
He shook his fist in a symbolic gesture of defiance.
Lavishness lives on among the audience members, whose gaudy fashion sense the evening I attended was in stern defiance of Mr. Zapatero's plan de austeridad. In Madrid, the Party Goes On, Austero Style
And this is not to be understood barely of oppression managed by open and downright defiance; but by any other sinister way whatsoever, as the overbearing another's right by the interest and interposal of great persons, by vexatious suits and violence cloaked with the formalities of a court and the name of law. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII.
The threats were a show of defiance by the embattled leader, whose opponents are demanding his resignation. Times, Sunday Times
Hannah's words act as a determiner of Sula's defiance.
Freedom, unless it gets squandered in the name of fear or defiance, will endure long after this fragile, rootless hate campaign has burned itself to ashes.
Disaffected from school, he was getting into trouble for defiance and misbehavior in and out of school.
Ours must be that first painful step of open and courageous defiance against an arrogant and insolent tyranny.
I'll dance a jig on yer sepulchrees, ye swobs!" he roared, and he spat on the ground again in defiance. The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
These transactions, now recollected but as dreams of the night, were then sad realities; and nothing rescued us from their liberticide effect, but the unyielding opposition of those firm spirits who sternly maintained their post in defiance of terror, until their fellow citizens could be aroused to their own danger, and rally and rescue the standard of the constitution. The Anas
The statue will be of the Maratha warrior king Shivaji, considered a "hero" in Maharashtra for his defiance of Mughal and British forces.
It's a greedily practical turn to the famous "inat" and spiteful defiance that Serbs generally offer the world community. Boing Boing
Her defiance also seemed to strengthen Roy's resolve to put up with the treatment and get well.
Chu, meanwhile, ended the day with the same quiet defiance with which he fended off Republican attacks. Solyndra hearing: unflappable Steven Chu endures five-hour grilling
Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.
Lighting up showed defiance, depression, anti-social or self-destructive behaviour, humour and, in at least one case, great irony.
Acts of defiance or insubordination by women toward their husbands, fathers-in-law, or other senior male relatives can result in beatings from male relatives, especially one's husband.
Opposing lines - the cross A vertical line is highly energetic in its defiance of gravity.
In defiance, North Korea reportedly has started reassembling its main nuclear plant.
For one state to push its own foreign policy in contradiction, and even defiance, of the federal government is a new phenomenon.
I am Mrs. Allan Fleming," she said, with a certain husky defiance. The Window at the White Cat
He was in shorts, like one of the errant schoolboys he used to chastise, clutching a sheaf of papers, or hastily-composed homework, shaking his general defiance.
The call thrilled an answering chord of defiance in every breast, and a low, ominous murmur swept through the hall. The Big Bow Mystery
We should not forget then that sport can still provide us with the joy of the underdog outplaying the favourite and of great examples of courage, talent and maturity in defiance of everybody's expectations.
When a team have had a battering, you don't look for spirit, or resilience, or bouncebackability, or even defiance. Times, Sunday Times
The variable condition in this one species _A. phalloides_, now splitting at the apex, now tearing up irregularly, now splitting in a definitely circumscissile manner, seems to bid defiance to any attempt to separate the species of _Amanita_ into groups based on the manner in which the volva ruptures. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
The rally proceeded in defiance of threats of legal action by the government and a massive police presence.
We enjoy his insouciance and defiance; he has all the best characteristics in a movie where few have any redeeming value.
The little boy jutted his chin forward in defiance.
The publishers signed up in defiance of the royal charter, which they say could allow politicians to interfere in press freedom. Times, Sunday Times
His unexpected presence may be interpreted, rightly or wrongly, as a deed deliberately intended to express his courage or defiance.
A brutal junta invaded and annexed territory in defiance of international law. Times, Sunday Times
It puffed its chest, raised its upper body, and threw back the head in a gesture of defiance.
The farmers are carrying on the work in defiance both of cantonal regulations and a supreme court injunction ordering them to stop.
To me it felt like a last gasp of normality, an act of defiance in the face of the impending trial. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
Grasping the solidified handle in a tight two-handed grip, she held her weapon in front of herself, glaring at her opponent in unveiled defiance.
It was a work created in defiance of official notions of good taste and Soviet political correctness.
Immense but heroic defiance, for the old faubourg is a hero. Les Miserables
I left the room untidy out of sheer defiance.
His wife dying, his children scattered, he has paid a dear price for his act of defiance.
Furthermore, the leaders of any future defiance campaign, i.e. those who 'incited' or 'procured' others to commit an offence by way of protest or as part of a campaign against any law, could be punished with a fine of ú500 and/or five years 'imprisonment and/or fifteen lashes. Eliminating all Opposition
He shook his fist in a symbolic gesture of defiance.
I personally believe the gods used the most favored people from the Mediterreanean and western Europe to accomplish this goal that was the Holocaust for multiple purposes::::::: Defiance clue, acted as desensitizer, foreshadowing, disposed of Jewish-European clue, etc. Saturday morning rant (story v language)
The boss might now punish him for his open defiance in the aftermath of the game. The Sun
He wanted me to know the sort of country I was living in and what was going on around me, in defiance of the chronically mendacious official propaganda.
The knob of his stick and his legs shook together with passion, whilst the trunk, draped in the wings of the havelock, preserved his historic attitude of defiance. The Secret Agent; a Simple Tale
Hundreds of settlers turned out to chant defiance outside the Knesset. Times, Sunday Times
From the ashes of every pyre sprang the Jewish Law in unfading youth -- that indestructible, ineradicable mentality and hope, which opponents are wont to call unconquerable Jewish defiance. Jewish Literature and Other Essays
The valance is the fringes or drapery hanging round the tester of a bed.] [Footnote II. 55: _Com'st thou to beard me_] To _beard_ anciently meant to set _at defiance_. Hamlet
His unexpected presence may be interpreted, rightly or wrongly, as a deed deliberately intended to express his courage or defiance.
In lyrics often borrowed from popular culture they speak of defiance and resistance.
What should speak most powerfully to Africans today is Mandela's spectacular defiance in spite of seemingly insuperable odds and his unshaken commitment to his ideals even in the face of his own death.
As an expression of community solidarity, and as a cathartic public moment of defiance in the face of the threat of personal loss, it is a powerful symbol.
She didn't hear the footsteps madly raging towards her, or the ferocious bellow of defiance that should have greeted her ears.
Gruff, inhospitable, and monolingual, the Russians sprawl in folding chairs, kibitz around card tables, smoke in defiance of ‘no smoking ‘signs, and studiously ignore customers who stray past their booths.
Mark Block, fresh from the Wisconson branch of the Koch-family-funded Americans for Prosperity Tea Party astroturfer, makes smoking into an anti-government act of defiance. Shawn Lawrence Otto: Blowback: The Failure of Cain Cool
Fleury, in the strange jargon of the day, as "_the fosterer of a swarm of bad citizens, who were nourished in the anticivic prejudices_ de l'ancien régime, _and fostered in the most detestable superstitions, in defiance of the law_. Tales and Novels — Volume 06
Lefebvre - former head of the Holy Ghost fathers - was excommunicated in 1988 when he presided at the episcopal ordination of four priests, in defiance of a directive from Rome.
His mood ranged from nervousness and exasperation to contempt and defiance even anger.
‘EU talk codswallop,’ thundered one tabloid headline, with fishery leaders threatening defiance of any ban.
I have sent our folks out to gather fruit at a venture: and now this misery will soon be ended with his illness; driven away by deluges of lemonade, I think, made in defiance of wasps, flies, and a kind of volant beetle, wonderfully beautiful and very pertinacious in his attacks; and who makes dreadful depredations on my sugar and currant-jelly, so necessary on this occasion of illness, and so attractive to all these detestable inhabitants of a place so lovely. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I
Secondly, pleasure in the thrill of defiance. Times, Sunday Times
She is a small, red-haired woman with an air of sinewy defiance. Times, Sunday Times
Every day of his liberty is a defiance. Secret negotiations are under way with jailed mobsters to bring him down.
Hungry, perhaps, or perhaps merely yielding to the paranoid fury that was a normal component of the rattish mind, it squealed its defiance to the rat that was not a rat. Anything You Can Do ...
In defiance of every hospital and city ordinance, she was working on a cigarette. BAD MEDICINE
Theirs is a harmless daydream, an ultimately mild gesture of defiance against conformity.

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