defiance
Example Sentences
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Energised by her act of defiance, Ridings spent a year in Los Angeles, writing her way out of despair.
From BBC
The dam, which is 30% complete, was meant to be an architectural centerpiece—bowing outward, in defiance of standard engineering in which dams arc inward.
And an underdog who stayed in the contest in defiance of steep odds and, seemingly, common sense.
From Los Angeles Times
That message of defiance wasn’t delivered by Khamenei himself: It was read out on state television by a female news anchor.
“We feel deeply that this is an open defiance and trampling of justice and the rule of law,” representatives of Zion Church said in a letter this week.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
