She sounded defiant, but his mention of the police had clearly bothered her.

He tried to sound defiant but it didn't come out that way.

It was meant to sound defiant, but his voice cracked up.

Beatrice showed them her broken bottle and tried hard to sound defiant rather than pathetic.

He tried to sound defiant with: "They can't scare me!"

"I got the key and took the pin out myself," Stella said, sounding defiant.

Omnius did not sound defiant; he simply stated a fact.

If a person spends enough time looking serious, sounding defiant and staring intently at computer screens, all will be well with the world.

It sounded defiant but they both knew it was defensive.

He sounded a little too defiant for that to be strictly true.