Sentence examples for defiance by from inspiring English sources

It could be encouraged in its defiance by gathering evidence of world weariness.

Ms. Estrella said no, a rare act of defiance by any food maker.

MY SONG: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance, by Harry Belafonte with Michael Shnayerson.

The Stork meeting felt like an act of defiance by the members.

"The judge was very emphatic that he would not tolerate defiance by the police any longer," she said.

But the concern in the administration is to make sure any defiance by Iraq is beyond dispute.

"Twelve years of defiance by Hussein show that the old policies of containment no longer work", said the editorial.

Unruffled by the scene tonight, she exuded teenage defiance by skating aggressively, without a hint of nerves.

The increased exodus coincided with new signs of defiance by Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, in an interview with Russia Today, a government-run news service.

The significance of this test is not the defiance by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, of demands from the international community.

But such measures — met with ridicule and even defiance by some Syrian businesspeople — will provide at best short-term relief, economists say.