Moke put his hands on his hips, looking slightly defiant.

He didn't like the slightly hesitant, slightly defiant tone that had crept into the boy's voice just then.

Her chin was up, her eyes slightly defiant.

A slightly defiant note came into her voice as she added, 'She was sixteen three weeks ago.'

She stared back at him, her expression slightly wary, slightly defiant.

There was a slightly defiant tone to her voice.

She returned his stare, her eyes curious but slightly defiant.

And neither am I. The nearest dwarf regarded him with that slightly defiant, slightly uneasy look he'd come to recognize.

Deny flashed a brave and slightly defiant smile at that, then lowered his head in resignation.

She looked from one to the other of them in a slightly defiant, questioning manner, and then went on across the terrace and into the hotel.