rebellious
Example Sentences
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It isn’t unusual for college students to be rebellious and then change when they get older.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
"The 1851 memoir, by contrast, was a spiritual redemption story, with Byfield tracing his progress from rebellious sinner to devout and repentant Christian."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
With her iconic aviator sunglasses and long, blonde streaked hair - which she considered rebellious in the 1970s - Steinem was an internationally recognised activist in the fight for women's equality.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
In another instance of playing a set of disparate characters, he was the imperious patriarch Joe Jackson in the former and the rebellious, empathetic whistleblower Hugo Wakefield in the latter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I decide to do something dangerous, rebellious, perhaps even blasphemous.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing rebellious
List 7
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