Nevertheless, it was a defiant stand which was to be admired even if the final outcome did not bring about the desired result.

When Romanos discovered what had happened, he tried to recover the situation by making a defiant stand.

The tag line borrows from John F. Kennedy, who took a defiant stand at the wall.

But since then, two developments seem to have encouraged him to take a more defiant stand.

Mr. Jabr's defiant stand also reflects the tension between the country's governing Shiite parties.

Like a defeated army in retreat, the workers fell back on the shore cottages, there to regroup and make a last defiant stand.

But other Mexican businessmen have taken a defiant stand.

While she is loyal and willing to die at her sister's side, she does not make the same bold, defiant stand that Antigone does.

But Chubb has taken a defiant stand.

The report coincided with an unusually defiant stand by the Senate today on arms control.