rebelliously

Example Sentences

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In the years since Harry and Meghan “stepped back” from their royal duties and relocated to the United States, Harry’s rebelliously normcore tendencies have only become more pronounced.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

Phil, Dorothy Buffum Chandler, that she had him fired on occasion, only for her son, Times publisher Otis Chandler, to rebelliously rehire Bernheimer the next day.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2019

Proudly and rebelliously, I accused my parents’ generation—and Mama in particular—of failing to live up to the utopian promises that should have handed me a future that I could find worthy and comfortable.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2019

We soon located her dressing room and once inside she picked up a brush and began to attack a length of blonde hair that had rebelliously decided to curl.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2014

Just as rebelliously, Angela kept watching the plane parked at 2B, instead of bending her head back down to concentrate on her computer.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix