Sentence examples for defiant testimony from inspiring English sources

But perhaps the most defiant testimony came from Chief Michael Marino, who said that the "simple truth of the matter" is that the monthly quotas which officers complained about were quite low.

After leaving Screw for The Times in 1974, I was subpoenaed as a hostile prosecution witness at Goldstein's federal obscenity trial in Wichita, Kan., though my defiant testimony did not help the government's case.

Observers said Mr. Mozilo was combative and defiant early in his testimony, but later looked frail and had to grasp the railing as he left the witness stand.

The movie's deceptively casual opening of Fengming walking toward her apartment suggests the defiant secrecy of her testimony and of Wang's filming.

It's a defiant artistic credo: moving testimony to the power of the theater and to the hardy professionalism of people like Judi Dench herself.

Tar Heel was one of the busier spots here on Friday, a testimony to a defiant, or perhaps jaded, spirit among coastal Carolina residents who have seen a hurricane or two.

Justice Verniero, who has six years left on his term before he comes up for reappointment, remained defiant today, as his lawyer defended his testimony.

Given that Nuon Chea has been in a state of defiant denial in recent interviews, that makes the testimony of Duch all the more important.

They demand incriminating testimony, no matter how false, against the defiant Joan Crawford, because her saloon occupies a coveted piece of land.

The final act continues Andre's testimony, but her attitude has changed from defiant to somber.

The disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has continued his defiant performance on the second day of his trial, calling testimony by his former second-in-command "nonsense" and discrediting his wife's testimony as "fabricated".