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Meanings of looked defiant in English

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Usage of looked defiant in English
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Crying children clung to their mothers' skirts, but no one looked defiant.
The great hunt
2
I just don't know what yet. She looked defiant as she said this.
Ink Exchange
3
Pressed, she looked defiant and proud at the same time.
Carrie
4
For a moment he looked defiant, then shrugged his shoulders.
The Title Market
5
Under the influence of reaction he even looked defiant.
The Lifeboat
6
The boy glanced up, not catching her words, but suspicious: then frowned and looked defiant.
Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
7
Several of the marines looked defiant and Lee wondered if they would actually disobey orders.
Unity
8
The Crow looked defiant and stood jauntily; but the Pheasant tried to shrink out of sight.
The Curious Book of Birds
9
He was very pale; his eyes looked defiant; there was a hard fold to his lips.
The Second Honeymoon
10
But when the wind came he looked defiant.
Kenny
11
Sayedee looked defiant and remained calm in the dock as judges read out the verdict, witnesses said.
Reuters
12
Sayedee looked defiant but remained calm in the dock as judges read out the verdict, witnesses said.
Reuters
13
He was very pale, but looked defiant.
The Iron Horse
14
Priscilla ceased smiling and looked defiant.
The Place Beyond the Winds
15
They looked defiant, and appeared to insist on their innocence as long as no evidence was brought up.
Botchan (Master Darling)
16
Dirty, ferocious-looking women were scattered through the crowd; some of the men were armed, while all looked defiant and determined.
The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873
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