disobedient

Example Sentences

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This association between reading and getting away with something helped fortify my dedication to it, because I am by nature disobedient.

From New York Times

The government refuses to acknowledge failure and blames delayed vaccine deliveries and a disobedient public for soaring infections and saturated hospitals.

From Washington Times

White House furniture is off limits, but Major has showed his disobedient side.

From Seattle Times

Hell, maybe Trump really does think this sort of grotesque malice toward women he's marked as disobedient will drive up his margins among resentful white men, and drag more of them to the polls.

From Salon

The answer she had provided to an app-generated question about the one word her mother might use to describe her — “disobedient” — had stopped him cold.

From New York Times