disobedient

Example Sentences

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“I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

I can't say that my own stubborn, disobedient terrier provides me with any of the benefits that the first domesticated wolves bestowed on our ancestors.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

For example, diaries about personal lives, new puppies, disobedient grandchildren.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2024

From March onward, “instead of dividing into small groups and blocking roads, we will hold disobedient gatherings with many people. And where we cannot be ignored,” the group said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Finally, with recreation having been called, most inmates off the gallery, and things settled down, I went to find my disobedient porter and lock him into his cell.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover