Sentence examples for it is flouted from inspiring English sources

Far from discrediting liberalism, corruption is discredited by it.To defeat corruption is to enforce the distinction between private preference and public duty wherever it is flouted.

It is flouting the supreme court ruling to submit proper plans to the European commission by 31 December by intending instead to submit a 'plan for plans by others'.

It is not perfect; god knows it's flouted regularly.

Larger worlds are gassy, with their solid surfaces buried beneath deep blankets of hydrogen and helium.But nature is full of surprises, and no sooner had this rule been suggested than it was flouted.

Now the committee wasn't just interpreting the law, it was flouting it: full and equal access for all races was required in public accommodations by civil rights laws in New York state since 1873.

To hold up a budget and shut down the government in order to sabotage a law you don't like is not just nose-thumbing at the government; it's flouting the will of the people.

Democratic accountability is flouted.

Morrison & Foerster, a large San Francisco law firm, is suing one commercial e-mailer that it says is flouting the law.

Over the years since it was adopted, it has been flouted millions of times.

The victim's name has not been revealed (the law requires this but in the past it has been flouted), the parents' privacy has been respected, protests have been covered with empathy, and there have been excellent articles in the press.

It says he is flouting an order to stop promoting his "zero tax return," which he says allows anyone to legally list no income and so stop paying taxes.