Sentence examples for be a defiance from inspiring English sources

Parliament declaring in favour of membership of a customs union would not be a defiance of the referendum verdict, though I expect the harder Brexiters would claim that anyway.

It's a defiance of legal authority.

There is a defiance in being ready for disaster; but there is as much defiance in celebrating life in the face of oppressors.

In itself, this is a defiance of the ruling ayatollahs, who long ago banned the dishes as un-Islamic.

I have always considered it a crime of laziness, but there is a defiance and contempt for the environment behind it too.

There is a defiance in showing Afghan girls feeling free and liberated, even if it is just in this closed environment".

He added that the decision was "a defiance of UN resolutions".

It was a defiance of a law.

Madoc, believing it is a defiance against God, leads the Hoamen, a local tribe, into warfare against the Aztecs.

Spontaneity can be a healthy defiance of routine, an expression of starved desire, some psychologists say.

And though hope can be an act of defiance, defiance isn't enough reason to hope.