Sentence examples for defiance of orders from inspiring English sources

Scores were killed in Cizre in 1992 when Turkish forces opened fire on civilians who celebrated the Kurdish new year in defiance of orders to stay home.

Red Bull's Mark Webber said he was considering his future after his team-mate, Sebastian Vettel, robbed him of victory in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix in defiance of orders from the team principal, Christian Horner.

The firm regularly stonewalls regulators, refusing to honor subpoenas, continuing to do business without registering or in defiance of orders to desist.

decision to attack the Roman Republic by leading his army over the Rubicon River in defiance of orders and law the settlement marks a point of no return.

The spy agency has insisted that it conducted the program with approval from people high up in the administration, while the Senate panel charges that the CIA acted in defiance of orders.

Reportedly, in secret defiance of orders to provide the ships with only just enough fuel to reach Okinawa, the Tokuyama personnel actually gave Yamato and the other ships almost all of the remaining fuel in the port, although this probably still was not enough to allow the force to return to Japan from Okinawa.

Last week lawyers protested against the arrest of two colleagues and the routine defiance of court orders by the police.

In defiance of its orders, North Korea has tested two weapons and Iran continues to churn out nuclear fuel.

If held in criminal contempt, the two could receive fines and jail sentences as punishment for their defiance of court orders directing Mr. Meredith's admission.

Just as culpable, his bowlers had apparently performed in defiance of team orders, banging the ball in short on a pitch crying out for a full length.

And the council's leaders announced that they would begin building it on Friday, in defiance of court orders and the government's wishes.