He showed his defiance of custom by not wearing a necktie. From LearnThat.org.
She was angry at his approval of what she called my defiance of her father, and insisted that. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Now I feel by imperceptible signs, which I cannot yet interpret but will later, that his defiance is about to thaw. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
She was angry at his approval of what she called my defiance of her father, and insisted that I was the catspaw of one of Heriot's plots to vex him. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
Christ's kingdom, and yet it shall be set up in defiance of them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
To the wise moon gleams of steel flashed defiance from the shade. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Winds of Eirinn] Reference
'Too – too amiable Edgar!' broke forth in defiance of all struggle. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
America carried on trade in defiance of prohibitions from the Spanish Crown. From Wordnik.com. [London-Kingston-Caracas: The Transatlantic] Reference
They cannot but know it is so, and therefore it is in defiance of him that they do it. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
On the 6th of July was uttered the first defiance from the French tribune; on the 15th of. From Wordnik.com. [The Duel Between France and Germany] Reference
Right now when his back is against the wall that what's I call defiance and stubbornness. From Wordnik.com. [CBS 4: World News Videos] Reference
Young Muslim women choose to wear the veil in defiance of their more assimilated parents. From Wordnik.com. [Striking a Pose] Reference
"The others went to Uttar Pradesh and stood trial, in defiance of my orders," she replied. From Wordnik.com. [India's Bandit Queen] Reference
It shall extend itself to all parts of the world, in defiance of the opposition given to it. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Isaac Chantz demanded of me, in defiance to the gangsters, who were expected to do the talking. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 50] Reference
The conversation, in defiance of Mr.G. 's attempts to give it another turn, would revert to Lisbon. From Wordnik.com. [The Semi-Attached Couple] Reference
Kn. What think you Sir, if in defiance of your Inurbanity, I take him with all these faults my self?. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Patient Fancy] Reference
Because -- rather, "And yet"; in defiance of the natural order of things. forgotten me -- (Jer 2: 32). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
On the contrary, individuality appears in defiance of all scientific law, in defiance even of reason (214). From Wordnik.com. [Psychology in Search of Psyches: Friedrich Schelling, Gotthilf Schubert and the Obscurities of the Romantic Soul] Reference
To do all this in defiance of the powerful prejudice against 'criminals' will be called a large undertaking. From Wordnik.com. [Humanizing the Prisons] Reference
Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions. From Wordnik.com. [Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong] Reference
And Lionel, he knew, in defiance of his admonitions, had built upon it himself, rather as a certainty than a hope. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
The exodus of Moses with Israel cannot be meant here, for it was made, not in defiance, but by the desire, of the king. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
'Still, Doctor, though nearly in defiance of all my senses, still I can doubt anything rather than the heart of Camilla!. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
For they were not spoken in defiance of the supposed condition, but rather, as it seemed to me, in desire and love of it. From Wordnik.com. [Daisy in the Field] Reference
The Old Lady was surprised to find that she could command it still, in defiance of unfashionable bonnet and ancient attire. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
While imprisoned, he organized the prisoner culture in defiance of regulations forbidding prisoner communication and improvised. From Wordnik.com. [Stockdale, James B.] Reference
Page 48 of the mightiest navies of the world, yet keeping the ocean in defiance of all pursuit for - we forget - how many years!. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems of Henry Timrod.] Reference
Dixon's eventual explosion of drunken defiance is something more than an enjoyable fiasco or — ancient Rome again — saturnalia. From Wordnik.com. [The Man of Feeling] Reference
Their prayers were in defiance of a January 1971 regulation in which the Communists forbade any religious observances in our cells. From Wordnik.com. [Warner, James H.] Reference
The war logs were made public in defiance of Pentagon insistence that the action puts the lives of U.S. troops and their military partners at risk. From Wordnik.com. [WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs: Iraqi Deaths Higher Than U.S. Count] Reference
Coates, former head of the voting section that brought the case, testified in defiance of his supervisor's instructions and has been granted whistleblower protection. From Wordnik.com. [Bias led to 'gutting' of New Black Panthers case, Justice official says] Reference
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