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

Man in Mr. Conrad's stories is always a defier of the devils, and the devils are usually put to flight.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert