Example Sentences

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The Creche Director stood eyeing him half-fearfully, half-defiantly, flanked by his wife and his assistant.

From Turning Point by Coppel, Alfred

Brangwyn she marries, doubtfully, half-defiantly, despite the difference in years between them; Antonina is taken as a companion and very soon developes into a sick-nurse.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 by Various

The stranger, nonchalantly, and half-defiantly, seated himself, after introduction.

From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)

He grimly pinned the fateful flower in his buttonhole, and half-defiantly descended to the drawing-room.

From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Harte, Bret

"Yes, I'm gone," answered the little beggar half-defiantly, half-nervously, as he rose hastily from the landing and continued his upward progress.

From That Little Beggar by Hall, E. King