There's always been a defiant, subversive streak in Bristol, and Banksy's work is very much in that tradition.

There's a defiant streak in him," Mr. Buchanan said, "and I think he still has contradictory impulses.

Speaking out is now a habit, and her defiant streak brings chronic conflicts on the job.

Her secret daughter had a stubborn, defiant streak.

A brown-eyed boy with a defiant streak, he wants to become a professional wrestler when he grows up.

From whichever sources, Hanna boasts a defiant or heroic streak.

"Provance speaks in a near-whisper, but he possesses a steely defiant streak".

But it shares a feisty, defiant streak, a determination to seek out the truth independently of received opinion.

She had been frustrated by her only child's tomboyish ways and defiant streak.

In just a few days, Luke had learned to curb a lifelong defiant streak and not challenge that steely look and hovering hand.