DEFIANCE in a Sentence
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53 example sentences for DEFIANCE, such as:
1. A note of defiance entered her voice.
2. The man's face set in sullen defiance.
3. Her narrow face was fixed in petulant defiance.
4. Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
5. So spoke the burly Priest, assuming, on his part, high defiance.
2. The man's face set in sullen defiance.
3. Her narrow face was fixed in petulant defiance.
4. Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
5. So spoke the burly Priest, assuming, on his part, high defiance.
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Meanings and Examples of DEFIANCE
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defiance
n. refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist
Classic Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1 Mr. Hyde appeared to hesitate, and then, as if upon some sudden reflection, fronted about with an air of defiance; and the pair stared at each other pretty fixedly for a few seconds.
2 Straightway she turned her eyes back to his corner, with the defiance of last night, and moving very cautiously and softly, stretched out her greedy hand.
3 At present, if we indeed journey to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, we do so with my noble neighbour and countryman Athelstane of Coningsburgh, and with such a train as would set outlaws and feudal enemies at defiance.
4 It was of Eastern origin, having been brought from the Holy Land; and the mixture of the cymbals and bells seemed to bid welcome at once, and defiance, to the knights as they advanced.
5 This ill-timed defiance might have procured for De Bracy a volley of arrows, but for the hasty and imperative interference of the outlaw Chief.
6 So spoke the burly Priest, assuming, on his part, high defiance.
7 She drew herself into an attitude not of defiance, but of resolution, as one that would avoid provoking assault, yet was resolute to repel it, being offered, to the utmost of her power.
8 The multitude, who had raised a clamorous shout of reprobation, paused and gazed in silence on the formidable and experienced body to which they had unwarily bade defiance, and shrunk back from their front.
9 Then she gathered her defiance, and looked at him, her dark blue eyes blazing rather vaguely.
10 The mandate was obeyed; and the indignant Mr. Brownlow was conveyed out, with the book in one hand, and the bamboo cane in the other: in a perfect phrenzy of rage and defiance.
11 In the next cell was another man, who was going to the same prison for hawking tin saucepans without license; thereby doing something for his living, in defiance of the Stamp-office.
12 There was humility in her grief, no defiance in her attitude; and when this is the case a shaken spirit is apt to be stilled.
13 There was a sort of sulky defiance in her eyes, which only goes with guilty knowledge.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
14 The man's face set in sullen defiance.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
15 Unwillingly she met his eyes, defiance and perturbation on her face.
Example Sentence:
1 Why, in defiance of every precept and principle of this house, does she conform to the world so openly--here in an evangelical, charitable establishment--as to wear her hair one mass of curls?
2 Now I feel by imperceptible signs, which I cannot yet interpret but will later, that his defiance is about to thaw.
3 "I am Mrs. Allan Fleming," she said, with a certain husky defiance.
4 Her narrow face was fixed in petulant defiance.
5 Political analysts realized that Yeltsin's defiance of the attempted coup should foreshadow his emergence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic.
6 Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
7 Claim yourself in defiance, in hope, in love, in fury, in gratitude.
8 A note of defiance entered her voice.
9 Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.
10 The protesters showed their defiance of the official ban on demonstrations.
11 Police used tear gas and water cannons against a demonstration by pro-secular protesters, but Monday's march to mark the founding of the Turkish republic went on in defiance of a government ban.