Sentence examples for defying the order from inspiring English sources

But the Mets, who wore hats representing the police and fire departments during batting practice, briefly considered defying the order.

Last week, Tepco gave Mr. Yoshida its lightest punishment of a verbal reprimand for defying the order.

But people close to the victims and the investigation, defying the order, described a scene laden with emotion.

Afghanistan closed its airspace to all international airlines, warning that it would "take action" against any aircraft defying the order.

Three years ago, Judge Roy S. Moore became an icon of the Christian conservative movement by defying the order of another Alabama judge that he remove the Ten Commandments from the wall behind his bench and stop opening court sessions with a prayer.

Police have since cracked down on a number of opposition politicians, who are accused of defying the order - most of whom are currently standing trial.

The Beijing Times, however, reports that some errant factories have been defying the orders.

Now, Chau isn't perfect and while he may have acted as the big brother in the camp, he was also the one really disturbing the peace, defying the orders of the nurses to go after his goal.

The prosecutor, Svyatoslav M. Piskun, seemed to defy the order.

The trial judge ordered it to do so, and Arizona defied the order.

When the Feb. 13 deadline to vacate passed, the villagers defied the order.