Sentence examples for total defiance from inspiring English sources

Equally, the fantasy of building the tallest tower ever in an act of total defiance (and totalizing architecture) is not forward-looking.

She signed off with a characteristic flourish: "In sisterhood and total defiance".

Wanda's utterly guileless indifference has the feeling of an adamant integrity; her total acceptance is rather a total defiance of the norms of society that exclude her from it.

He learned from the negative example of Napster the early music-file-sharing program, which was so indifferent to copyright law that it went out of business after two years and opted for compromise rather than total defiance.

At the time, a friend of Rennard told the BBC the "shocking and mischievous" leak was "in total defiance of fair process" and had caused great distress to the peer.

He learned from the negative example of Napster — the early music-file-sharing program, which was so indifferent to copyright law that it went out of business after two years — and opted for compromise rather than total defiance.

After the Allied defeat and the evacuation of the battered British forces from Dunkirk, Churchill warned Parliament that invasion was a real risk to be met with total and confident defiance.

There's something about the song's audacity: the kids sing with defiance about total obedience to an authority.

"There's a total mindset and mentality of defiance.

The look on his face as he found the reserves for a familiar sprint finish – a mixture of defiance, desperation and total exhaustion – suggested as much.

As America dithered over whether or not Total should be punished for its defiance, other European companies, including Royal Dutch/Shell, held back, waiting to see which way the decision would go.