headstrong

Example Sentences

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We don’t yet want to say that the situation has spiraled out of control, but the spiral could be only a couple of headstrong choices away.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

Smart and headstrong, Ellison attended the University of Chicago, but dropped out and drove to California in a used Thunderbird.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

As a headstrong piano student, he made rapid if idiosyncratic progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

What if those new military leaders round the table are more headstrong and less cautious than their dead predecessors?

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

Am I really as bad-mannered, headstrong, stubborn, pushy, stupid, lazy, etc., etc., as the van Daans say I am?

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank