| She took a small bowlful of cherries in defiance of the usual selection the women made of crackers spread thinly with jam. |
| Sin is the estrangement between God and humans instigated by human defiance or abnegation. |
| Twenty-five thousand people, armed to the teeth, were ranging the city in utter and ruthless defiance of law and righteousness. |
| I see the people of England united in a fierce detestation and defiance of the views and acts of Prussian Junkerism. |
| Some questioned whether Tarkin's methods were merely bids to aggrandize his own status, in defiance of the Emperor's ultimate goal. |
| Despite initial defiance, the travellers appear to have left of their own accord. |
