defiant
Example Sentences
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Egil dies blind, impotent and frail, but remains a defiant killer and a compelling personality to the end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
And then if you have more than one child, you may well be managing that defiant toddler while simultaneously experiencing the hormone crash, the sleeplessness, the bobble-headed feeling of the newborn period all over again.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Olid said it was her job to help her players believe they can be better and was defiant when asked if United could compete with the quality displayed by London City.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Flynn was being punished for his “reckless personality and defiant way of life,” Meyers writes in “Inherited Risk: Errol and Sean Flynn in Hollywood and Vietnam.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
I appreciated his wily maneuvering on the Net, his bizarre sense of humor, his oddly defiant view of his world, his striking intelligence and lust for ideas.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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