The Fugitive Slave Act brought a defiant response from abolitionists.

Few, if any, American officials predicted Mr. Milosevic's defiant response.

Frank's defiant response to the subpoenas in the excerpt posted this week is a good example.

I could tell that Picard wanted to snap back a defiant response, but obviously he thought better of it.

But for the moment the challenge has been postponed, leaving Canada alone in its defiant response to the law.

Through his research he learned that the coup had prompted a defiant response by artists, many of whom immediately joined the resistance.

In defiant response, Uganda said it will increase its troops in Somalia.

The author posted a defiant response on Twitter.

She also said that a defiant response to her suggestions had cut off the possibility of dealing directly with the club about the issue.