Sentence examples for defiant symbol from inspiring English sources

But today, the copper edifice of a new £22 million arts centre was shimmering gently in the South Yorkshire rain – a defiant symbol of the town's economic and cultural ambitions.

In a city that celebrates its tolerance but often veers toward nanny-state-ism — no Happy Meals here, thank you — House of Air stands as a defiant symbol of the right to put yourself (or your children) in harm's way in the name of a good time.

To me it is a defiant symbol that says capitalism and markets will prevail.

Smith had by this time lost most of his former international prominence his visit to the UK in 2004 to meet Conservative politicians was largely ignored by the British press but he achieved new domestic popularity and eminence among Zimbabwean opposition supporters, who came to see him as an unbreakable, defiant symbol of resistance to the Mugabe government.

Mr. Taylor has allowed them the shortest of leashes: he gave each lawmaker a dark blue Isuzu Trooper sport utility vehicle, which the legislators drive around Monrovia, with license plates like "16-REP" and "44-REP," as if defiant symbols of their complete lack of independence.

The play has its own perverse but credible theology: Mae becomes a monster that others might draw what they need from the courageous, defiant and exaggerated symbol she became.

Berlin still retains as its symbol a defiant black bear standing on its hind legs.

As footage of the incident emerged, this phrase quickly became a hashtag symbol of defiant unity.

But since August, he has been embraced in the technology world as a symbol of defiant courage.

George C. Wallace, who as Alabama's governor was the very symbol of defiant racism, died begging for forgiveness.

Uma Thurman is best known for her grungy, cult-status work with Quentin Tarantino, first on Pulp Fiction (1994) as the defiant, chain-smoking sex symbol Mia Wallace, then the revenge-hungry Bride in 2003's Kill Bill.