By showing himself hopelessly unmanageable he had made Bulstrode feel that a strong defiance was the only resource left.
The defiance was more exciting than the confidence, but it was less sure.
The laborers had been driven through the gate-way into their hay-field, and Fred had checked his horse, when Hiram Ford, observing himself at a safe challenging distance, turned back and shouted a defiance which he did not know to be Homeric.
He slept upon that idea, but when he was dressing in the rational morning light, Objection said— "That will be a virtual defiance of Mr.
But it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
In these matters he was conscious that his life would bear the closest scrutiny; and perhaps the consciousness encouraged a little defiance towards the critical strictness of persons whose celestial intimacies seemed not to improve their domestic manners, and whose lofty aims were not needed to account for their actions.
In 1982, Italian baker Arnaldo Cavallari created the low, chewy loaf in defiance of the baguette-style breads in Roman bakeries.
They called each other by their Christian name, were always arm in arm when they walked, pinned up each other's train for the dance, and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments, they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt, and shut themselves up, to read novels together.
There were tears in her eyes in defiance of the oculist's prohibition and her voice broke as she said: "He heard that I was going to sell Green Gables and he wants to buy it.
" Anne's "so there" was only intended to emphasize her assertion, but Marilla took it as a display of defiance.
" His eyes were teasing and there was a bit of defiance in his voice.
Or again, we might choose Peter's defiance of the lions, when he drew a circle round him on the ground with an arrow and dared them to cross it; and though he waited for hours, with the other boys and Wendy looking on breathlessly from trees, not one of them dared to accept his challenge.
He gradually made use of that strength and defiance in a more positive way.
A career's worth of evidence would suggest that Westbrook might not find adaptation to be all that useful; ·,; part of what made him an MVP was the way he met challenges with defiance, insisting upon his methods until they pushed through.
On the breast of his tunic, the lion of his House was embroidered in gold thread, roaring its defiance.
The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate with the establishment of democracy.
Migrant drivers for Didi Chuxing in China's two biggest cities are continuing to pick up passengers, risking fines in defiance of new rules barring them from working for ride-hailing platforms.
Several promising Chinese drug developers have raised money in recent weeks or are preparing to do so in defiance of stock market volatility as investors show increasing interest in the commercial potential of China's expanding medical research base.
A Kickstarter project wants to extend that love for the defiance of gravity to plant life.
Europe's defiance came after Mr Platini and Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, faced the end of their careers in football following their suspension for 90 days by Fifa's ethics committee.
