Sentence examples for to flout from inspiring English sources

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to flout

verb

To express contempt for the rules and law by (word or action).

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Bryant continued to flout the omertà.

Newman decided to flout the genre's conventions.

Still an outcast, he continued to flout convention.

Countries find it increasingly difficult to flout global trade agreements.

But the point, always, is to flout convention.

And at least one theater has decided to flout it.

People make a point of honor to flout the law".

Bel likes to flout theatrical codes to reveal that process.

It has been allowed to flout that convention with impunity.

It neglected – or was it deliberately designed to flout?

The point was to flout as many taboos as possible.

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