Susan asked defiantly, but I could tell that her heart wasn't really in her protest.

The crucial moment came in 1207 when the Jin defiantly asked for Han Tuozhou's head for a peace treaty.

Tom asked defiantly.

John V. Lindsay, the city's first mayor whose car was equipped with a phone, asked defiantly in 1966.

Kimmer asked defiantly, and his eyes quickly concealed a flicker of something else.

Kathy asked defiantly.

And where, he asked defiantly, was the gratitude in that?

Stern asked defiantly just last week, when critics were aghast over more teen-agers banging down the National Basketball Association door.

Jolie Fitch, one of those caught cheating asked defiantly.

Kate asked defiantly.