The captives almost always did, perhaps as gestures of defiance.

But necessary, if only as a last gesture of human defiance.

And she tossed her head in a gesture of defiance.

I had to agree to let them make this gesture of defiance.

He shook his head in an angry gesture of defiance.

Nick drew up his head in a gesture of defiance.

It was a gesture of defiance, a bid for independence.

For a woman to do so is a radical act, a gesture of defiance, an invitation to attack.

I think it was at least half deliberate, a gesture of defiance.

A gesture of defiance from outsiders, as they would be called today.