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

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

A bold Aries woman like Selena seemed to confound Abraham, with his work ethic and headstrong personality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

He had known Jon Connington, slightly—a proud youth, the most headstrong of the gaggle of young lordlings who had gathered around Prince Rhaegar Taigaryen, 'competing for his royal favor.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin