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  • verb Present participle of flout.

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Examples

  • GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The opposition Alliance for Change (AFC) party in Guyana boycotted Thursday's sitting of Parliament over what it called the flouting of Parliamentary Standing Orders by the People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) government.

    Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines 2008

  • GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The opposition Alliance for Change (AFC) party in Guyana boycotted Thursday's sitting of Parliament over what it called the flouting of Parliamentary Standing Orders by the People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) government.

    Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines 2008

  • When the old merchant heard this ill flouting from the damsel, he was wroth with wrath exceeding beyond which was no proceeding and said to the broker, “O most ill-omened of brokers, thou hast not brought into the market this ill-conditioned wench but to gibe me and make mock of me before the merchants.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Princess Caroline's biographer remarks that "all her life, [she] took a childish delight in flouting convention, even if this meant exposing her decidedly lustful nature"; this rebellious streak, accompanied by her "outlandish ways and bizarre dress sense" combined to give Caroline an eccentricity not becoming in a female member of the British court, let alone its royal family (Fraser 28, 227).

    Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text 2006

  • Conversely, I think the idea of flouting the EU and establishing partnership between consciously white countries would be a good way to affirm our right to exist.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

  • Conversely, I think the idea of flouting the EU and establishing partnership between consciously white countries would be a good way to affirm our right to exist.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

  • Durban City Hall on Thursday with a memorandum accusing the government of "flouting" the constitutional principles under which the new constitution will be written.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • He accuses the company of "flouting" the court's order because it has not turned over the vehicles.

    Madison Record - Amelia Flood 2010

  • He accuses the company of "flouting" the court's order because it has not turned over the vehicles.

    Madison Record - Amelia Flood 2010

  • But he said he told the Chinese leader that Iran also has to realize the price to pay for "flouting" its international commitments, including on nuclear nonproliferation.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

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