Sentence examples for stood in defiance from inspiring English sources

It happened spontaneously just one day later, when London stood in defiance against terrorism.

One woman stood in defiance of the elements, holding a sign that read: "Hell snow, we won't go!" Winter had been an obstacle looming in the future of the New York City occupation.

Such were the origins of the permanent collection of En Foco, which started as a Latino photographers' group in 1974, when notions of community, art and ethnic pride fueled a movement that stood in defiance to the slights of the mainstream art world.

He told a packed press conference held precisely 2.2 miles from his cramped quarters that Britain now stood in defiance of international law after the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) accepted his claim that he is in effect being unlawfully imprisoned and declared he should be awarded compensation.

But again, symbols counted for more, much more -- as the name Hilton was a mascot for American capitalism, and its abruptly short life expectancy in Havana became propaganda fodder for the Cubans in defeating the most powerful country in the world, against which they have stood in defiance, just 90 miles away from the Florida coastline for over five decades.

In the face of a Trump environmental rollback, California stands in defiance.

A pile of studies stands in defiance of the stereotype of the selfish single person.

Now overrun by monsoon-fed mangrove forests, the structures stand in defiance of a society that has, over several decades, attempted the erasure of its Muslim population.

The overall downward trajectory stands in defiance of claims that young people are suffering intolerable levels of stress from the pressures of modern life.

There are wonderful cliff-top walks, all the way to Tintagel where the ruins of the fairy-tale castle built by Richard of Cornwall, younger brother of Henry III, as a homage to the Arthurian myth, stand in defiance of the might of the Atlantic.

Secretary of State Colin Powell presented the United Nations and a global television audience yesterday with the most powerful case to date that Saddam Hussein stands in defiance of Security Council resolutions and has no intention of revealing or surrendering whatever unconventional weapons he may have.