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At that she drew the baby with inexpressible tenderness, and yet with a half-defiant air, closer to her bosom.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various

Jock gave an astonished look at Lucy, a half-defiant one at her husband.

From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Then she sat down to consider the circumstance, and her lovely face had on it an expression half-pleading and half-defiant.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

What?" said he to himself, half-pleased and half-defiant, "the growling bear thinks to keep me back if I am determined to step across that threshold?

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix

The woman gave a laugh, which was half-defiant, half amused.

From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James