Sentence examples for defying threats from inspiring English sources

KARACHI, Pakistan — Defying threats from Taliban suicide bombers,  almost 60 percent of registered voters in Pakistan headed to the polls on Saturday.

The military, defying threats from North Korea and anger from China, has held several days of joint drills with South Korea in the Yellow Sea.

Tens of thousands of Morsi supporters are maintaining two sit-ins here in the capital, defying threats to remove them by force.

Defying threats from right-wing death squads, he kept a large contingent of Jesuits in El Salvador, six of whom would ultimately be killed.

Polish Communists reacted to the uprising in their country by reinstating Wladyslaw Gomulka as party chief, defying threats of military intervention from Moscow.

In 1995, defying threats, Tam Dalyell showed it in the House of Commons, and Channel 4 broadcast it in May 1995.

In some areas, militant threats and anti-Indian sentiment dampened turnout, but some people defied threats, voting with enthusiasm.

Iceland resumed whaling in 2006 on economic grounds and has defied threats of US sanctions to continue to do so.

Exactly two years ago they defied threats and violence to vote overwhelmingly for independence from a quarter century of Indonesian occupation.

Only 5% of polling stations were inaccessible for security reasons and millions defied threats from the Taliban to cast their ballots.

On Aug. 30, 1999, nearly 98percentt of East Timor's voters defied threats and cast their ballots in a referendum on independence.