Sentence examples for term for defiance from inspiring English sources

It's the Christian term for defiance.

It was defiance for defiance's sake.

The mood here is for defiance, not reconciliation.

For months, the president, Abdoulaye Wade, who has been in office since 2000, had appeared to be going the route of his regional peers in proclaiming his invincibility and seeking a third term in defiance of a constitutional limit of two.

"I began smoking when I was 14, for defiance and rebellion.

Where were they when Governor Wallace gave a clarion call for defiance and hatred?

OWS actions appear to be becoming a display of defiance for defiance's sake.

Suspensions of African-American students for defiance decreased by 40percentt.

As well as a lover, Picasso had a streak for defiance and dissent.

Despite the limitations many women in the study communities face in terms of active participation in intra-familial decision-making, and freedom of mobility, a few women reported their experiences, which demonstrated self-efficacy and positive defiance or at least the potential for defiance.

Despite the above, a few of the accounts from women who had some level of formal education indicated agency and defiance or at least the potential for defiance in situations where they needed or wanted skilled care but their husbands or mothers-in-law had decided against using health facility services.