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词汇 example_english_gesture-of-defiance
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gesture of defiance

collocation in English

meanings of gestureand defiance


These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with gesture.
gesture
noun[C]
uk /ˈdʒes.tʃər/ us /ˈdʒes.tʃɚ/
a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea ...
See more at gesture
defiance
noun[U]
uk /dɪˈfaɪ.əns/ us /dɪˈfaɪ.əns/
behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone ...
See more at defiance


Examples of gesture of defiance


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His progress was a calculated gestureofdefiance, and his father was #!
At one point, in a magnificent gestureofdefiance, the soloist played from an independent part at a different tempo from the orchestra.
They get this done as a sort of gestureofdefiance—and young girls are particularly prone to gestures of defiance.
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That was their first splendid gestureofdefiance.
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The net result of this is a show of bravado as a gestureofdefiance to the world when faced with the facts of everyday living.
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Hansard archive

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It is a magnificent gestureofdefiance, of burning contempt...
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After the gestureofdefiance, the court recommended his defrocking, its decision being soon after confirmed by the synod.
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If anything it was a gestureofdefiance, an unabashedly traditional country ballad that made no apologies.
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Instead, she bit off her tongue and spat it at his feet in a gestureofdefiance.
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As a gestureofdefiance and contempt, they set fire to the barracks.
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It was more a gestureofdefiance.
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They both claimed to have concentrated mainly on music and to have ignored politics, but also to have conducted pieces in ways that were meant to be gestures of defiance.
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