Sentence examples for refusing to be defined from inspiring English sources

On campuses, a new generation is seeking to upend gender roles, refusing to be defined by sexuality.

In his lighthearted yet forthright documentary, "39 Pounds of Love," the director Dani Menkin presents a bracingly honest portrait of a man refusing to be defined by the limitations of his body.

Across the country as the Guardian met with people for Dear Australia, a recurrent theme resonated powerfully in every interview: that of refusing to be defined by the singular fact of being a refugee.

Part road trip, part love story (Mr. Ankilewitz's unrequited feelings for his Romanian caregiver, Christina, are the primary focus of the animated segments), "39 Pounds of Love" presents a bracingly honest yet poetic portrait of a man refusing to be defined by the limitations of his body.

Against the darkness of Fukase's life, From Window is a bright counterpoint to the myth that now surrounds him and his work: a young woman returning and undercutting the relentless gaze of her male lover's eyes, refusing to be defined by his camera just as she revels in its power.

Despite the gases and ash falls - which occasionally reach as far as Antigua - Montserrat's stoic inhabitants largely go about their business unperturbed, refusing to be defined as living on the precipice of peril.

But some stars refuse to be defined.

"I refuse to be defined by my caste.

It has been Blair's mercurial political genius to refuse to be defined left or right.

Neil was diagnosed with a learning disability but refuses to be defined by this label.

But the films refuse to be defined by low-resolution footage.