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
"Immure yourself in Roccaleone, and thence hurl defiance at Urbino and Babbiano, refusing to surrender until they grant your terms—that you are to marry as you list."
From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael
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
He was justly proud of his physical health, and was accustomed to hurl defiance at microbes and to heap contempt on the doctor's art.
From The Simpkins Plot by Birmingham, George A.
And while he turned to hurl defiance at his elder sister, Betty seized the opportunity to twitch the object of strife out of his hand and run off with it.
From The Eagle's Nest by Cartwright, S. E.
