Sentence examples for defiant against from inspiring English sources

The phrase "defiant against" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you wish to emphasize that someone or something is resisting or not accepting someone or something else. For example, "The little girl marched defiantly against her parents' orders to stay home during the pandemic."

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Millions marched, outraged and defiant, against the slaughter, in an outpouring of national unity.

"We are defiant against those who would seek us to be afraid about last Wednesday," he said.

It must also be noted that the escalation of tensions in Turkey is certainly not helping the markets' mood with the country's prime minister defiant against protests.

In his final interview, just hours before he fell unconscious, the former intelligence officer remained defiant against the people he believed had poisoned him.

"There is a strong tradition in Indonesia of standing defiant against international pressure and blaming your own shortcomings on an international plot.

Tehran's leaders have remained defiant against six UN security council resolutions calling on them to halt enrichment of uranium and they have refused to co-operate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency over their nuclear programme.

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After the ugly defeat against Italy and the defiant one against Ireland, Scotland's coach Frank Hadden thought it worth trying, which it wasn't really.

A defiant stand against poverty?

The parish courthouse still stands as a defiant bulwark against three destructive hurricanes.

The interviewer is Greenwald, and, soon enough, he and Snowden become defiant collaborators against power.

If anything, they goaded a mood of defiant anger against those very elites.

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