Sentence examples for a bit defiant from inspiring English sources

So having gone to quite a dark place I remember feeling a bit defiant, and getting that competitive thing back".

It's quite a speech – both heartfelt and a bit defiant – and it's a reaction to a series of questions I've asked her.

According to Jordan, Vitter turned "a bit defiant" and added: "Anybody who looks at the two cases will see there is an enormous difference between the two of them.

But when asked about potentially sharing considerable playing time with Tebow, Sanchez sounded a bit more defiant.

The movie's playful spirit may represent a bit of defiant payback for whatever actual Dave may be out there; it shows that sometimes formal ingenuity can be the best revenge.

By Monday, however, they were a bit more defiant about its content.

Though Rousseff does not wish to alienate Washington, the cumulative effect of all the whistle-blowing scandals may force the president to become a bit more defiant.

It does have a bit of a defiant, chip-on-the-shoulder attitude that is always characteristic of the young and impatient.

And he recalls that earlier project when a member of his audience says that "we Londoners love" the Shard, but isn't he worried after 9/11 about it "throwing up a bit of a defiant message towering over London the way it does".

That the Olympics come at a time of deep economic malaise, with Britain teetering on the edge of a double-dip recession, the government cutting billions of dollars from public spending, and Europe lurching from crisis to crisis, made the scene a bit surreal, even defiant in the face of so much adversity.

One can forgive Moorestown's real dogs for being a bit confused, if not defiant.