He had seen his work, in his dreams, derided, Flouted, misunderstood.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
It could not be ignored or Flouted with impunity; it was the rock upon which all schemes based upon the peaceful possibilities of English parliamentary situations were destined in the end to make shipwreck.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry
They knew by experience that had they imported arms, or proclaimed their intention of doing so, or publicly Flouted the meanest of the Irish Executive the Crimes Act would have been put into operation at once and his Majesty's prisons in Ireland would have been filled.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry