- present participle of flout.
flouting
Example Sentences
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Flouting Olympic protocol, a life-sized panda approached Chinese freestyle skier Yang Shuorui and spoke — in the gravelly voice of a middle-aged man.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2022
Flouting the rules is not helpful to anyone.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2021
Flouting court orders and threatening the security of court personnel “is intolerable to the administration of justice,” she declared.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2020
Flouting a roadblock, she heads into the storm and eventually to the home Dave hasn’t been able to bring himself to sell after his divorce from Haley’s mom.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2019
Flouting the rule against the ingestion of anything while inside a house, I take it, leaving an inch undrunk to avoid the awkwardness of a possible refill offer.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
