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Sentence count:156+11Posted:2016-11-25Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: rebelliousnessSimilar words: allianceappliancecompliancedefiledefinedeficitdefinitedefinitiveMeaning: [dɪ'faɪəns]  n. 1. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude 2. a hostile challenge 3. a defiant act. 
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31. This often comes across as stubbornness and defiance.
32. It seemed to shout defiance towards the Soviet regime.
33. An act of defiance, in Zacco's terms.
34. Defiance feels good, but it won't win the day.
35. Defiance was part and parcel of his nature.
36. On seeing me standing in defiance, arms folded and apparently so cool-looking, a hush descended.
37. Over time, the AK-47 rose above its use as a weapon to become a symbol of defiance and liberation.
38. But the disease confounded everyone, vanishing in petulant defiance of all the elaborate preparations which had been made to accommodate it.
39. Perhaps one day he will even manage to destroy the pyramids we have built in defiance of his chaos.
40. His public outbursts of temper and his oratorical thunderbolts of defiance were likewise psychological reinforcements for a person who needed them.
41. One of the orderlies, in defiance of the Prophet, began to lay bets.
42. Far better to concentrate on how our forbears, Shakespeare and Fletcher amused them - in defiance of classical regulations.
43. In defiance, on March 24 the executive committee of the Moscow city soviet authorized the Manezh Square rally.
44. Wuhan, a large industrial city on the Changjiang River was next to see students march in defiance of the local authorities.
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45. Still, though, the expression is unyielding, the chin thrusting forward in defiance.
46. Opposing lines - the cross A vertical line is highly energetic in its defiance of gravity.
47. Henry held Richard responsible for this further outbreak, which was in flagrant defiance of his recent ban.
48. Recently 771 conscripts publicly announced their refusal to do military service as part of a national defiance campaign by the anti-apartheid community.
49. When he had finished he sat glaring at them in defiance and pride.
50. Next day when the lock rattled she stiffened in fear and defiance, but it was neither of her parents.
51. Lee saw Anthea's eyes glittering blackly in the dancing candlelight, her chin drawn up in defiance or outrage.
52. In one of his few acts of defiance, Presley opted for tight black leather, rock classics and his old band.
53. Given the power of the managerial hierarchy to dispense or withhold rewards, open acts of defiance expose individuals to reprisal.
54. On 18 May a procession of 1000 to 1500 persons marched in defiance, beating drums and carrying flags.
55. Such a degree of hypocrisy can not be tolerated; it is morally indefensible, and in defiance of the rule of law.
56. This is an absolute necessity and to work in defiance of it means total failure.
57. His defiance of calls to resign will only add fuel to the political funding row that erupted around Mr Kohl last November.
58. Many of these acts of defiance are lost to us, as those women and their yearnings have been lost.
59. The Centre supports the continuation of limited ivory trading, in defiance of an international ban.
60. The farmers are carrying on the work in defiance both of cantonal regulations and a supreme court injunction ordering them to stop.
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