Sentence examples for is in defiance of from inspiring English sources

A district mayor is in defiance of the Supreme Court, and no one says a word.

"Delta Center is in defiance of our law right now," said Winton Aposhian, legislative liaison for Gun Owners of Utah.

This is in defiance of an economic reality that trade in all its forms decreases with distance, a phenomenon known helpfully as "the gravity effect".

This, too, is in defiance of all expert estimates, including that of the one physician in the Senate, the Republican Bill Frist.

That poses a big conundrum to the world: the most important nation in drugs policy is in defiance of the treaty it was responsible for".

The demand is in defiance of a UN security council resolution demanding that all those who need humanitarian aid in the war-torn state be able to receive it, no matter where they are.

Both were in defiance of UN sanctions against the pariah state's nuclear programme.

This appears to be in defiance of gravity: Shouldn't the drops fall toward the bottom?

When Punch made Arthur the publisher, it was in defiance of Carol, and she was not gracious in defeat.

He says that he is not going to defend the trade, deeming that it was in defiance of common sense.

He points out that Saddam had been in defiance of the requirements enshrined in all of them.