Sentence examples for defiant demonstrations from inspiring English sources

But the defiant demonstrations have served to harden attitudes.

Iran continued to arrest opposition members on Tuesday in what seemed to be an effort to curb further protests after Sunday's defiant demonstrations against the government, according to opposition Web sites.

KATMANDU, Nepal, April 19 — The Royal Nepalese Army fired at pro-democracy protesters in an eastern town on Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to at least eight in two weeks of defiant demonstrations and the country appeared headed toward a dangerous brink.

It begins with Bronson's childhood (beating up class bullies, assaulting a teacher in a classroom), continues through his endless bloody encounters with prison staff, all brought on by himself, a period of heavy sedation in Rampton (reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange), a stint at large as a bare-knuckle boxer and a final, defiant demonstration of recalcitrance in the prison art studio.

Officials flatly deny both charges.The Georgian government complains that Moscow funds radical members of the opposition, whose defiant street demonstrations in May failed to ignite a popular uprising.

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

The current Occupy demonstrations have adopted a defiant and disruptive style of protest that has pushed the boundaries of the First Amendment, but the response has been mixed.

[C9.] Demonstrators Continue to Protest French Labor Law Waves of demonstrations, strikes and violence struck France again as Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, weakened but defiant, refused to bend to the demand that the government scrap a disputed youth labor law.

The defiant devotees were commemorating the anniversary of a huge demonstration that transformed the once obscure spiritual group into a target of the government's wrath.

The mood was defiant, but pretty sombre, especially compared with the September 2002 demonstration where things seemed a bit more up for grabs in terms of changing MPs' minds.

(AddISTANBUL/ANKARAng by Evrim Ergin, Can Sezer and Murad Sezer in Istanbul, Parisa Hafezi in Ankara, June 1a Pawlak in BReuters; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Jon Hemming).