Sentence examples for as a defiant act from inspiring English sources

It wasn't a major coup, but it counts as a defiant act — and one that made its point, for it was, and remains, absurdly hard for the public to gain access to what academics supposedly write for it.

The character played by Ellen DeGeneres also married her female partner in the final episode of Ellen (1994-98), althisgh this could be seen as a defiant act as the show had already been cancelled over concerns that it had become "too gay".

Seen as depleting the labor force and as a defiant act among the lower orders, emigration alarmed both the spiritual and the secular authorities.

Rebuilding – at a cost of £14.2m – was a defiant act.

While Mr. Rajoub's initial refusal to quit seemed a defiant act, many Palestinian experts said they did not view the conflict as an immediate challenge to Mr. Arafat.

For most people, attending Bok o Bok is both a defiant act and a demonstration of bravery.

But solidarity groups have taken over a shuttered hotel in the heart of Athens in a defiant act of altruism.

For me, identifying as a single mother by choice is a political and defiant act of asserting my bodily integrity and reproductive choice in a society that doesn't value black motherhood and most certainly black single motherhood.

It's an incredibly difficult and defiant act simply not to tweet!

His defiant act triggered a wave of protest so large that it unseated long time Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali within a month.

"It was my first defiant act," he said.