Sentence examples for flout in from inspiring English sources

This article was amended on 29 January 2015 to correct a misuse of flaunt for flout in the sub-heading.

"I think that it is a complete disgrace that a large and solvent operation, such as the defendants and their holding company involved in this case, should flout in this way the orders of this court", said Mrs Justice Gloster.

Fire safety codes are routinely flouted in India both in private and government buildings.

Yet despite clear legislation, the law is flouted in the UK on a daily basis.

This golden rule was spectacularly flouted in the UK electricity capacity auction that was concluded last week.

Shopkeepers and residents of Tbilisi complain that their property rights have been flouted in the name of rebuilding the city.

But the American prohibition against serving cheese with seafood -- a final misconception -- is often flouted in Italy.

Mr. Ramesh, who declined to comment, has defended himself by saying he is simply enforcing India's environmental laws, which were brazenly flouted in the past.

India has laws against the advertising and sale of cigarettes within 100 metres of schools, but in Delhi they appear to be flouted in many places.

Physical contact between men and women in public is officially forbidden in Iran, but the rules are widely flouted in the larger cities.

In all, air pollution limits are being flouted in 23 out of the EU's 28 countries and 130 of its cities.