How to Use defiant in a Sentence

defiant

adjective

• He's taken a defiant stand on the issue.
• There's a black sheep in the game, along with a red sheep who is more defiant than the others.
  — Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2020
• Many musicians have been defiant in the wake of the tragedy.
  — Kevin O Donnell, PEOPLE.com, 28 May 2017
• Still, Bailey remained defiant in the face of the judge’s threats to jail him.
  — Andrew Goldman, Town & Country, 3 June 2021
• As the hours passed, the mood shifted from defiant to resigned, and the crowd started to thin.
  — Bloomberg.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• In the meantime, the farmhand who told the AP about the Done Taw massacre is defiant.
  — David Rising and, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• Most have brought a more defiant, Trumpian tone with them.
  — NBC News, 21 Mar. 2021
• Trump raised a defiant fist into the air as he was hustled off the stage and out of the rally.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024
• The dogs seem tense; the groundhog a little defiant and a lot hungry.
  — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2020
• But the Gillis that showed up to Studio 8H was less defiant than chastened.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2024
• The plot loosely mirrors key themes in the songs, which are steeped in exile and loss, but still lusty and defiant.
  — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
• In the aftermath of the U.S. and British strikes on dozens of Houthi positions, the movement was defiant.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
• Willy, a pianist, is more defiant and wants to speak truth to power.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
• Adorned with locks and keys, dice and gems, this combat boot is equal parts charming and defiant.
  — Katie Attardo, Marie Claire, 28 Sep. 2020
• Down but defiant: Despite the Avs’ two-games-to-one deficit, Roy didn’t lack for bravado.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2022
• Hunched over the light of their phones, some young people remain defiant.
  — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2021
• Through the process of going public, Mr. Karp has been defiant.
  — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
• As the men gawp on lustily and take locks of hair as a souvenir, a tear falls from Teixeira’s defiant mask.
  — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
• The 4,000-strong crowd turned toward Little Amal, who stood straight and defiant as the puppeteers pulled her up to full height.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• In responding to the sanctions, Bassil struck a defiant tone.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
• Some voters were defiant in the face of Lukashenko’s vow not to tolerate any protests.
  — Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2020
• Some voters were defiant in the face of Lukashenko's vow not to tolerate any protests.
  — Yuras Karmanau, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2020
• For decades, the clinic staff and volunteers have struck a defiant tone.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022
• Many voters were defiant in the face of Lukashenko's vow not to tolerate any protests.
  — Yuras Karmanau, Star Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
• And Jun has been defiant in the face of official pressure.
  — Paula Hancocks, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
• The girls in her pieces are beautiful, defiant, fierce and in danger.
  — Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas News, 11 Nov. 2020
• In some cities, the mood among Ukraine’s supporters was defiant.
  — Matt Surman Anushka Patil Juston Jones Julie Ho Julie Ho Julie Ho Monika Pronczuk Emile Ducke Andrea Kannapell The New York Times Monika Pronczuk Anushka Patil Farnaz Fassihi Andrea Kannapell Carlotta Gall Cassandra Vinograd Cassandra Vinograd Michael D. Shear Marc Santora Maya King Michael D. Shear Marc Santora Michael D. Shear Cassandra Vinograd Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi Farna, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Netanyahu’s defiant speech on Monday may have extinguished hopes that the killing of the six hostages could lead to a change in course.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
• Even so, Mars’ defiant punk energy can draw some stares from the neighbors back home.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
• When asked about it recently, the Italian coach remained defiant and appeared to show few regrets about how things ended.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024