Sentence examples for showed defiance from inspiring English sources

Although Malley is widely respected in policy circles, his promotion by Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser, showed defiance to Israeli critics.

As government commandos battled militants inside the Taj Mahal Place Hotel and at a Jewish outreach center in Mumbai, India's stock market showed defiance to the terror attacks that have killed at least 143 people.

In my own small way, leaving the house showed defiance in the face of terror.

It was to show defiance".

He is there to show defiance.

Terrorism is, in the first instance, aimed at showing defiance, exacting revenge and demonstrating strength.

The other path, which was taken by Winston Churchill or Charles de Gaulle, is to show defiance even in defeat".

Got back into the fray by going around singing the "Marseillaise" in various public places, to show defiance.

I am now nervous to be in crowded places, though I go anyway, to show defiance, which is more than I did with the bulls/cows.

Mr Winter suggested that Isis was "becoming a bit more desperate and trying to show defiance" after two months where its military offensive appears to have stalled.

Showing defiance with fiery turns or inching toward guilt by a palpable loosening of his spine, Mr. Trusnovec displays how a menacing exterior is often a mask for cowardice.