How can you use the word defiance in a sentence?

He had never seen defiance on her face before, but there was no mistaking it, and he knew then and there that he had lost his control over her.

In defiance of his wishes, his body was cremated instead of buried, and, as an added insult, his wife's boyfriend's children spilled the ashes on the rug, and they were vacuumed up and tossed in the trash.

Our daughter just turned thirteen, and is already showing some healthy teenage defiance towards me and my husband.

The victim glared at the defendant's attorney in defiance, and proclaimed again that she was telling the truth.