Sentence examples for element of defiance from inspiring English sources

Ya Hussein!" There was an element of defiance in how fervently the Shiites exhibited their devotion.

One wonders whether there's an element of witty defiance in Gambon's decision to give us a portrayal of the great Beckett protagonist that so pointedly highlights the fact that he's not long for this world.

"This shouldn't be seen as an element of control or defiance – just like Sir Alex Ferguson said when he was talking about Jason Roberts in his first interview, he doesn't know the reasons why this stand is being made and what we should do first of all is hear those reasons and listen to them and take them on board.

But Mr. Gore's friends also suggest that there is an element of willfulness, even a certain defiance, born of an enduring ambivalence over the whole business of politics, in his unevenness on the stump.

But the activist group stood its ground, with people braving the elements and spending nights in the cold as a show of defiance.

Though the subculture is sometimes spoken of in past tense, plenty of people still identify as cholas or have maintained chola elements in their style, which continue to signify the same sort of defiance the original pachucas did.

A solitary act of defiance?

The note of defiance was unmistakeable.

IT IS a brave act of defiance.

Creativity became an act of defiance.

These are works of defiance, sometimes escapism.