Sentence examples for may flout from inspiring English sources
THE pasta recipe here may flout certain rules of pasta making, or at least be untraditional.
For example, churches may flout certain employment discrimination laws when hiring or firing, on the theory that religious institutions should be able to oversee their own affairs, free from governmental intrusion.
I may flout tradition by topping bruschetta with any number of unsanctioned ingredients, but I do try to remember that simpler is better.
But while Suleimani may flout that ban to travel to nearby countries that Tehran holds sway in, he will likely not be opening a Western checking account anytime soon.
But it can be gleaned from his comments Tuesday -- and a January interview with talk show host Hugh Hewitt -- that he thinks that Supreme Court rulings on constitutional issues aren't final and that state officials may flout them when they disagree.
For example, if the author of a letter ostensibly recommending an applicant for a job says only that Mr. Jones is very punctual and his penmanship is excellent, he thereby flouts the maxim enjoining the speaker (or author) to be as informative as necessary; he may also flout the maxim enjoining relevance.
It is not just the popular will that may be flouted.
Prosecutors say they have unearthed evidence in recent international money-transfer investigations that Chinese banks may have flouted United States sanctions against Iran.
So eager are multinationals for continued access to the world's fastest-growing market that they are loath to cry foul even amid evidence that China may be flouting international trade laws.
If you read any memoir from the 30s and the war years, there is almost always a moment of realisation: what a cadaver looks like; that prisoners can be shot; that the Geneva conventions may be flouted.
According to the report's findings, the Trump third-born's foundation raised $1.2 million for charity that went to the Trump Organization ― an action that experts say may have flouted federal tax rules and state laws.
