Sentence examples for defiant acts from inspiring English sources

You did.' " Mr. Green spit in the officer's face, the first of many defiant acts.

The only respite were the defiant acts of kindness it also sparked.

Learning of these defiant acts awakened in me something utterly primitive and deeply personal, a wave of awe, humility and admiration.

When they split, one kept Pearl, and the other, in one of the great defiant acts of New York restaurant life, opened a restaurant with nearly the same menu just blocks away.

These events were not just defiant acts of resisting destruction and cultural erasure, but they were communal activities, they reinforced the bonds between the people, while one of the goals of the Serbian fascism was precisely to sever those bonds.

We should note that rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel on Thursday — a reckless and provocative act — while the Israelis showed good faith by avoiding the sorts of defiant acts, like announcing new settlements, that have marred American visits in the past.

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

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

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

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.

Before they depart, however, Zed bites into a golden apple he plucks from the forbidden tree of knowledge, a defiant act that awakens his mind.