rebelliously

Example Sentences

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In the years since Harry and Meghan “stepped back” from their royal duties and relocated to the United States, Harry’s rebelliously normcore tendencies have only become more pronounced.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

Proudly and rebelliously, I accused my parents’ generation—and Mama in particular—of failing to live up to the utopian promises that should have handed me a future that I could find worthy and comfortable.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2019

I left my stuffy girls’ grammar school rather rebelliously at 16 and went to Ealing art school for two years.

From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2016

This was the Replacements at the peak of their powers, rebelliously thwarting expectations, simultaneously satirizing the ironic over-seriousness of "SNL" and mocking the second-rate-ness of their own name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2016

When they approached, Nellie looked at them and backed her ears and bobbed her head up and down rebelliously.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck