The statement had an aggressive ring to it, as if he were deliberately defying her conventional notions of morality.

This effort is primarily directed toward transcending one's likes and dislikes, deliberately defying one's morality, and so on.

It was the only club in Toronto to deliberately defy the city's bylaw against lap dancing.

He had never deliberately defied his father.

Hip-hop style today deliberately defies spelling rules, especially ingrained irregularities.

That drew criticism in the press that the executive branch was deliberately defying a court ruling.

The songs were anatomies of melancholy, spoke-sung in a wistful voice: a singsong that sometimes extended a word and deliberately defied whatever harmonies the music suggested.

A common theme in the fantasy genre is the battle between good and evil, although Martin deliberately defied the conventions and assumptions of neo-Tolkienian Fantasy.

Radiohead's 1997 album, "OK Computer," deliberately defied superficial listening.

As a matter of fact, he deliberately and openly defied security directives.