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defiance
1. Millie dragged her feet in a last act of defiance, crying as she went
2. He stands in an unwarranted defiance of Jehovah and
3. Bahkmar wondered how long it would be before he risked open defiance as the day drew near
4. This was the sum total of my life for four days: mute acceptance punctuated by brief moments of dumb, brute defiance
5. Refusing to eat, refusing to cry out when Smiler dug his elbow into my side as we walked down the corridor, was the sum total of my defiance
6. Where once I had assumed that defiance through starvation might change things for the better, I now felt that an end was the only answer, my end
7. In public the old girl bristled with an imperious air of confidence and hard-nosed, old-world defiance, but Annie was convinced that her private inner sanctum would be a shambling mess of decrepitude and cat infestations, full of strange smells and unfamiliar utility furniture that dated from the middle of the previous century
8. The beast bellowed in anger and defiance as
9. She used a bit of defiance and sarcasm to cover her fear
10. He wondered if Kemberra’s obvious defiance was hiding something
11. subsided as the show progressed, her kicks and acts of defiance turning to an active
12. He roared back bold defiance, standing there amid a fresh deluge of lances
13. She looked at her brother with defiance in her eyes
14. If you drive pass the toll booth without paying, then it indicates defiance
15. There was something about this group, Roidon thought, to be admired: they were not taking the line of conformity, and those in governance were bewildered (if the media interviews of officials were anything to go by) at such defiance
16. With the majority of proprietors, the support even of the authority of their own court might sometimes be a matter of less consequence than the support of those who had set that authority at defiance
17. Be aware of the fact that people adopt many ideas and theories in defiance of the truth since the alternative would not fit their worldview or the responsibility it would place on their shoulders toward their Creator
18. I say this much in contrast and defiance to the noted science writer Timothy Ferris, who has written a wonderful trio of books on cosmology, but seems lost at sea in maintaining that there are several minds within the mind, in continuous search for the one centrality to guide them
19. She reached the ring and climbed through the rope to face Millicent with contempt and defiance in her eyes
20. In an act of sheer defiance he called up a communication channel, which his console began to connect
21. ‘So was this another act of defiance – arriving all of twenty minutes late?’
22. Cronleigh stood a couple of inches taller than Jimmy; having to look up seemed to underscore his act of defiance
23. “I want her released,” he stated in firm defiance
24. Ere twenty of “ours” had clambered over the ridge, “Old Glory” fluttered proudly on San Juan hill, the cavalry pennants were planted on the ridges to the right, and many a stricken and dying soldier raised his bleeding body to give a cheer of exultation and defiance
25. "Have your moment of defiance, fool," he growled in a low voice
26. The defiance in his eyes had gone now, replaced by a sudden, deep fear
27. Defiance flickered in the girl’s eyes for a moment, but then she relented
28. Frank kicked him between the legs, yelling his defiance as he managed to wrench one arm free
29. Fuck you!” She stomped her foot in defiance
30. But then, these men lacked that hatred; that fucking defiance that sets the survivors apart from the mere mortals
31. He was hiding something about it and walking around with that self-contented smirk that she could only conclude was defiance
32. At first in panic but later, it turned into defiance
33. He spat out a mouth full of blood that splattered onto the floor, a last act of defiance
34. I grabbed it with one hand, still looking at Falconi whose eyes had met with mine only a flick earlier, exchanging gazes like messages of hate and defiance, curses, and the odd term of endearment like ‘you little fuck’
35. “Is this how my prayers are to be answered?” she screamed her defiance into the billowing dust kicked up by myriad hooves
36. The man apparently knew his leader’s whims and saw the defiance in her eyes
37. Those who witnessed his resurrection firsthand went out to proclaim Him in repeated defiance of the authority of the “Jewish” state
38. A small act of defiance
39. For years it was a symbol of my quiet defiance, my small refusal to be an obedient, deferent Abnegation child, and a symbol of my mother’s defiance too, even though I believed she was dead
40. Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in defiance of the law, and Vespasian marched into Rome to
41. Nan and Di both put their arms around Faith and glared defiance at Mary
42. His eyes shot defiance at his captors
43. defiance and then screamed out in agony when a wave of energy thudded into it, ripping
44. don’t have the guts,” she yelled out in defiance
45. “Madam, this is Omleigh” Yuella’s tone was stripped of all the defiance that she spoke with when she met Mark
46. Hobbs rolled his eyes in defiance and pulled AJ back to order some lager
47. The first act of judicial defiance that set the Court against the Constitution occurred in 1803
48. My father had forewarned me of werewolves and their long history of defiance for the Vampire clan
49. With slight defiance I pointed to the conveyor
50. The odds to begin with were staggering, but these were the kinds of odds that stimulated defiance
