Sentence examples for general defiance from inspiring English sources
While fans laugh at Eminem and root for his general defiance, deranged copycats like Stan are just figments of Eminem's imagination.
Bin Laden's changes turn a statement of general defiance into a direct threat, the point being that the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon should be seen as the first of many.
The general's defiance touched off rumors of a coup.
Lebedev's comments were extreme but reflected a general mood of defiance in Russia over the violence.
After the Denning Report, in defiance of general expectations that he would resign shortly, Macmillan proposed to stay on.
Levin summarises the claim of feminist historians like Hester: the witch should be a figure celebrated for her nonconformity, defiance, and general sense of empowerment; witches challenged patriarchal authority and hierarchy, specifically "threatening hegemonic sex/gender systems".
A Justice Department memo of the 1930s warned of a "general attitude of law defiance" by the business community: "A law is now the law only after every last detail has been fought in every last court".
The rape and killing of a student at Beijing University, China's most prestigious college, has set off student demonstrations, in defiance of a general ban on public protests.
This persistence suggests that Trump, in defiance of the general pattern of volatility, has established a base of support that amounts to somewhere between a fifth and a third of the Republican electorate.
The only real winners would be the Taliban.In this section Getting higher The chosen one stumbles A new condominium General unease A gesture of defiance ReprintsYet in this election Afghans of all kinds rejected that account of their country.
Party managers were hoping the PDI-P would get 25-30% of the popular vote, but the exit polls suggest it will have to settle for 19%.In this section Getting higher The chosen one stumbles A new condominium General unease A gesture of defiance ReprintsThe result will undoubtedly make life more difficult for Jokowi in the presidential election on July 9th.
