Nevertheless, their in-your-face defiance of the Islamist terrorists stands out.
Another son, Saif al-Islam – once the regime's most visible face of defiance and his father's heir – was also rumoured to be dead, though there were other claims he had been captured or cornered.
Another son, Saif al-Islam – once the regime's most visible face of defiance – was also rumoured to be dead, although there were other claims he had been captured or cornered.
They were soon confronted with the problem of how to integrate the all-white universities of the Deep South in the face of defiance from the states' leaders.
There is a mix of expressions on the faces: panic, defiance, bewilderment.
The first part of this miniseries follows the usual formula: fledgling young band faces parental defiance and audience indifference; tours endlessly and amasses a growing fanbase; hears own single on radio (complete with requisite tour van freakout); gains international recognition; and ultimately falls into a quagmire of booze, drugs and Adam Ant's leftover groupies.
I kept up a face of angry defiance and I kept fighting back.
Ms. Garbus presents a convincing face of joyful defiance, and amid all the music's compositional intricacies, she still sounded wild and impulsive.
While he assured reporters that nothing could keep him down, not a hundred defeats or the loss of his job, his face suggested less defiance.
That daring protest, in April 2008, was transmitted around the world by the journalists on the government tour, putting a dramatic face on Tibetan defiance.
A picture of the Dwarf Dancer (La Nana) combines the colour of Lautrec with a dwarf figure from Velázquez – but then has a face of ferocious defiance that is entirely Picasso's.
