disobedient

Example Sentences

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The bill says parents can sue school districts in federal court for violating the law, and it threatens disobedient school districts with the loss of federal, state and local funding for up to three years.

From Washington Post

We believe that our teens are meant to push us away and become defiant, disobedient and disrespectful, but this isn’t true.

From Washington Post

But women who are disobedient and fail to bear children — including because they miscarry — face ostracism, the lawsuit alleges.

From Seattle Times

“You have been delivered into my care because I know how to transform messy, disobedient brats into well-behaved units capable of fitting into society.”

From New York Times

Labeled “disobedient” and “fast” while growing up in Texas in the 1990s and early 2000s, Allen experienced the prevalent adultification of young Black girls.

From Washington Post