Sentence examples for through defiance from inspiring English sources
Somaliland came into existence in the teeth of universal hostility and disapproval, and has created a national identity through defiance of the world's opinion.
Dubai has become what it is today partly through defiance of normal expectations: here are islands shaped like palm trees, the world's only seven-star hotel, the world's richest horse race.
For 229 years, since first contact and the beginning of the invasion, theft, and exploitation of Aboriginal lands, January 26 reminds First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of a legacy built through defiance.
Hurin is captured in battle and through his defiance of the Dark Lord is cursed and forced to witness the downfall of his family.
Street hawkers sold posters of the commander for 20p a time, while others carried banners of him alongside Gamal Abdel Nasser, the 1960s autocrat who won the hearts of Egyptians through his defiance of Britain's colonial ambitions and his own populist political agenda.
So which one of us is older?" Lulek mourned his unimaginable losses through silent defiance.
Sepulveda manages to immerse readers into the past and present of Chile, not sparing the details of the Pinochet coup or the ensuing exiles, sudden disappearances, and inhumane executions, while also recreating the facts of survival, of how life does go on and how endurance is found not only through acts of defiance and bravery but also through simple acts of keeping on, keeping on.
Iranian women provide opportunities for collective action through their everyday defiance of government policies.
The National Intelligence Agency continued destruction of records through 1996 in defiance of two government orders to cease and desist.
Now they are suffering the backlash of a political culture that is defining its nationalism through the ostentatious defiance of western liberalism.
Unlike Mr. You, dozens of relatives of the lawyers and others caught up in the sweep that has spread fear and defiance through China's embattled legal rights community are still waiting for their loved ones' release.
