defier
Example Sentences
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Now, a pair of books, one recently published, one forthcoming, tell how the superstar became not only an apologist for the American military but also a serial defier of journalism’s mores.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2021
Nguyen’s premiere is “Revenge Song: A Vampire Cowboys Creation,” centering on Julie d’Aubigny — deft fighter, expert fencer, renowned opera singer and noted defier of gender roles before her death in 1707.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2019
This Antigone, barring its one big clash between despot and defier, was flat, fumbly theater.
From Time Magazine Archive
Little John Metaxas, who was pro-German in World War I, changed from a waverer to a stiff-backed defier of the Axis after several months of intrigue in that most intriguing country, Greece.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was no longer the insolent defier, the challenger, but an imploring wretch, whose last powers of resistance had been completely shattered.
From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
