Sentence examples for Were flouted from inspiring English sources

In the past, prize money has been withheld from English clubs because the rules were flouted.

It was later reported that these regulations were "flouted on a huge scale".

In the Roaring Twenties, New York City nightclubs and speakeasies became hot spots where traditions were flouted and modernity was forged.

But if the orders were flouted, Mr. Karzai would come off as a feeble ruler whose writ ends a few miles from his 19th-century presidential palace.

The deputy minister declined to say who in South Africa's government was responsible for contracting the company or how those rules were flouted.

Traffic laws were flouted, vehicles were "rammed into restaurants and bars, breaking furniture and mirrors.... Police arrested many for drunkenness and indecent exposure but could not restore order".

At the beginning of this column, I asked whether political groups were flouting the law.

However, in the prewar era, the Christmas sisters were flouting convention.

A pair of women drinking rosé were flouting the prohibition with abandon.

In other words, nothing was wrong with the religion itself; the problem was with the politicians who were flouting it.

The body which polices it said a "tiny fraction" were flouting the law.