| Toussaint had honed his defiant style for years as a leader of a rebel faction whose positions sometimes seemed like militancy for its own sake. |
| And it was when he spoke directly to his supporters, some tearful, some defiant, all deflated, that his voice choked. |
| Her most memorable roles are stamped with her trademark characteristics, by turns wry, matey and spikily defiant. |
| The 53-year-old's resolute focus is often manifested in a defiant courtside air punch during critical points. |
| The press remains scrappy and defiant, but its skepticism about lawyers has been embraced by the mainstream. |
| But many relatives of those trapped aboard the Kursk arrived with a defiant hope that their boys would be saved. |
