Their secretive and defiant stance has now been upheld by an information tribunal.

It was a defiant stance but not one that should elicit any sympathy.

It shows a defiant stance in the face of terror.

Despite its strong political themes, the record consciously avoids implying a definitive point of view or a defiant stance.

And no amount of defiant stances matter in the end.

Natural, wild landscapes are common themes in prison art; a defiant statement, maybe, about the freedom of the imagination to roam when an individual cannot.

Designed in an extravagant faux-medieval style, the church was a defiant statement of autocratic conservatism.

But in an extraordinary response, the judge issued a defiant statement saying that he would not be standing down as he had not been told the decision.

At the end of the play, the workers make defiant statements condemning militarism, imperialism and hail the formation of workers communes.

The paper continued to publish normally, making defiant statements throughout.

The technology veteran, who made more than 500 million from the sale, took a defiant tone in the letter.

A young couple strolling by struck a similarly defiant tone.

He struck a defiant tone, urging his players to end the season on a high and block out all the criticism of the club.

More recently, however, he has taken a far more defiant tone.

But he struck a defiant tone with other landlords.