defiance
Example Sentences
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The shows of defiance—sometimes loud and risky, other times quiet and personal—come as Iranians reckon with the full extent of January’s violence and the government that ordered it.
Ravens circle overhead, croaking at my presence in defiance.
From Los Angeles Times
Judges also have taken offense at the administration’s repeated defiance of their orders.
From Los Angeles Times
I didn’t fold myself into a smaller version to fit the space; I instead arrived with a hint of defiance and the enduring belief that being uprooted doesn’t have to mean being undone.
From Los Angeles Times
When she was 15, the family moved to Atlanta where, in her first public act of defiance, she changed her name to Lionel.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
