defiant
Example Sentences
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The dictator is clearly nervous, alternating between pleas for “peace” and defiant calls for national resistance.
Like many Ukrainians, Melnychenko remains defiant—unwilling to cave to Russia at the negotiating table, even under U.S. pressure.
Nearly four years later, Zelensky, clad in black, recorded another video near the same spot—more downcast than defiant, preparing his people for the potential loss of a major ally.
The government in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, has tried to maintain a defiant but diplomatic tone.
From BBC
Ukrainians both under and free of Russian occupation struck a defiant tone in reaction to news of the US proposal.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
