Sentence examples for defied a call from inspiring English sources
The protests in the towns of Awwamiya and Qatif defied a call by leading Shiite clerics for an end to rallies in the conservative kingdom's Eastern Province.
Europe's largest economy, Germany, is in danger of slipping back into recession, while France defied a call by the European Union this week to cut its deficit to conform to the union's budget standards.
In May, he fired his central bank governor for defying a call to raise interest rates and prevent the nation's currency, the baht, from falling further.
HONG KONG — A wave of protest in Hong Kong that engulfed the city could continue into the week as thousands of residents defied a government call on Monday to abandon street blockades, students boycotted classes and the city's influential bar association added its condemnation of a police crackdown on protesters.
The Butchers, as locals usually call it, defied a trend.
BEIRUT — Syrian government forces defied a new U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire on Sunday by launching a ground offensive, sustaining their airstrikes and allegedly dropping at least one bomb laden with chlorine against a rebel-held enclave outside Damascus.
CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt struggled to maintain a tenuous hold on power on Saturday as the police withdrew from the major cities and the military did nothing to hold back tens of thousands of demonstrators defying a curfew to call for an end to his nearly 30 years of authoritarian rule.
An American company operating in South Africa directly challenged apartheid today, saying it would offer financial and legal support to its employees who defy a law that calls for racial segregation of beaches.
The vote in Parliament was a further indication that Hezbollah would continue to defy a United Nations resolution calling for it to give up its weapons, which include rockets that can reach deep into Israel.
She is making a last-ditch call for unity after a number of nations in Europe openly defied her call for a coordinated response to the migrant influx.
But there they were, most of them young, many in jeans, defying a threatening crowd and calling out slogans heavy with meaning.
