Sentence examples for been flouting from inspiring English sources
verb
To express contempt for the rules and law by (word or action).
"At the same time, within Gaza, Isis has been flouting Hamas.
"At the same time, within Gaza, Isis [Islamic State] has been flouting Hamas.
That should have been flouting, meaning to scoff at or show disregard for.
Amid the bout of schadenfreude, no one mentioned that France has been flouting EU air quality targets since 2005.
The act might not have been incendiary had he not been flouting a smoking ban in front of the world's cameras.
Red, white, and blue had monopolized big-league team colors since Bob (Death to Flying Things) Ferguson had cavorted for the Hartford Dark Blues decades before, but the Browns had been flouting color convention since their founding, in 1902.
Over the years since it was adopted, it has been flouted millions of times.
To the surprise of many, that last maxim has just been flouted.
The report shows that these regulations have been flouted frequently by the new member states.
In the case of Gaza over the summer, that has clearly been flouted.
All medical guidelines and protocols seem to have been flouted by the two doctors.
