Sentence examples for defiant posturing from inspiring English sources

At first it seems as if the filmmaker, Beth Toni Kruvant, were merely capturing the same dichotomy — the principal's I-gotta-save-these-kids versus the gang members' defiant posturing — that all its predecessors revel in.

Commanding your language is a key element in striking this defiant posture.

But others did not want the journalists inside their territory, choosing instead the defiant posture of a hermit kingdom.

On Sunday, Mr. Liu maintained his defiant posture, saying, "People have said there's a witch hunt; the problem is, there's no witch".

The defiant posture struck by the occupiers of Gezi Park underscored the amorphous nature of the protest movement, which is largely leaderless.

In the spring of 2003, Iran's defiant posture concealed its concern that it might yet emerge as a target of American retribution.

During the first days of the trial Bo took up a defiant posture, among others calling a businessman testifying against him a "mad dog".

In addition, Mr. Ahmadinejad's stewardship of the ailing economy and his defiant posture on the world stage have upset many conservatives.

The sometimes vulnerable, sometimes defiant postures Yokomizo's subjects adopt makes for an unsettling but poignant exploration of voyeurism, exhibitionism and anonymity in portraiture.

But the governor was humiliated after the Obama administration's intervention became public and has since taken on a defiant posture.

Page A9 IRAN DEFIANT ON SANCTIONS Iranian officials struck a defiant posture in response to a proposed oil embargo by the European Union, calling it and new sanctions by United States tantamount to an economic war.