Sentence examples for flouted at from inspiring English sources
But Title IX quotas being flouted at major universities?
Democracy south of the Sahara may be sloppy and haphazard, but electoral contests and term limits are increasingly accepted as fixed rules, to be flouted at a would-be ruler's peril, rather than distant ideals.
The freedom afforded by animation — a realm where the prosaic standards of verisimilitude and the inconvenient laws of physics can be flouted at will — allows Mr. Folman to blend grimly literal images with surreal flights of fantasy, humor and horror.
Rules were flouted at several levels.
But what Mr. Klein did not know then was that Microsoft began flouting at least the spirit of the consent decree it had just signed.
A sign proclaimed that luggage and carts were not allowed on the exhibit floor, a rule flouted by at least a few determined people with rolling suitcases packed with free books.
In doing this, he flouts probability at every turn.
In Britain, where Mrs. Thatcher's supporters are still fuming at the taboo on speaking ill of the dead being flouted, the BBC's attempt at compromise predictably inflamed partisans at both ends of the political spectrum.
Rules are flouted and not flaunted, at least in the case mentioned in the above article.
It wasn't the first time she's flouted awards-show etiquette: At the Golden Globes, she began her acceptance speech by dissing Meryl Streep.
The 13 judges found that a plan to trim pay and pensions by eliminating one of two extra "bonus" months paid in the summer and at Christmas flouted a constitutional requirement that public- and private-sector workers and pensioners be treated equitably.
