hurl defiance at
Example Sentences
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The last man to hurl defiance at the Government was Deputy Leon Blum, one of the ablest of Socialist leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
He flung back the wings of his cape with a gesture which, had not those wings been waterproof, might have seemed to hurl defiance at things in general.
From Enoch Soames: a memory of the eighteen-nineties by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
Let him but fairly meet me on this ground and I would hurl defiance at him.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
He was always as ready “to tread one measure—take one cup of wine,” with a friend, as to hurl defiance at an enemy.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
He presented this empty room to her as his life and seemed to hurl defiance at her to disturb it.
From Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists by Cannan, Gilbert
