defiant

Example Sentences

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The resulting single is playful and defiant — the perfect combination for a song of the summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Analysts say the conflict has strengthened hardliners in Tehran where the rhetoric is defiant and increasingly confident.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

It pairs majestically with Weaving’s defiant chin and gleaming eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

“But I do,” said a defiant voice with an elfish accent.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin