Sentence examples for displayed defiance from inspiring English sources

Klashorst said he was drawn to paint those prisoners who displayed defiance even on the eve of their annihilation.

His supporters will feel that by displaying defiance and by insisting that he remains Egypt's rightful president he will have preserved some dignity at a humiliating moment and reminded the wider world that the Brotherhood in Egypt has not gone away.

On April 9th Iran displayed further defiance of the West by announcing more uranium mining and processing.

This was meant to display British defiance but ended up sounding rude, which is not the same thing.

A12 Rattled by the worst act of terrorism in Jordan's history, hundreds of Jordanians gathered for protest marches to display their defiance of the hotel bombings.

His answer displayed a gentle defiance emblematic of his nation.

Though Mr. Rather tried to control his emotions yesterday, he at times seemed shaken and displayed an anger, defiance and patriotism that he had shown often since Sept. 11.

Its 2005 hit "Boondocks," about taking pride in where you came from, displayed a winning defiance, but the coed quartet's subsequent records turned bland and conventional even as the group perfected its signature four-part vocal harmony.

They reflect little of the sheer defiance he displayed in playing at all when his body was breaking down.

A former New York City police officer displayed a mix of defiance and tears on Friday as he begged a judge not to send him to jail for falsely saying he witnessed a drug sale and for arresting an innocent man.

Or did it indicate that the hairy-jawed Harlequin possessed the chin-out defiance once displayed by a predecessor martin Johnson, who once mucked about over a stretch of red carpet pre-match in Dublin, certain that those around him would not be fussed.