recalcitrate

Example Sentences

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Whilst in Europe the same classes sometimes recalcitrate even against the supreme power, the American submits without a murmur to the authority of the pettiest magistrate.

From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Reeves, Henry

Against all pretensions on the part of science or experimental reasoning to assume this post he was especially given to rebel and recalcitrate.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

While in Europe the same classes sometimes recalcitrate even against the supreme power, the American submits without a murmur to the authority of the pettiest magistrate.

From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de

And the West is kicking, kicking with both feet, kicking like a bay steer who has a kick coming and knows how to recalcitrate.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

Still there are some left who recalcitrate pertinaciously, clinging convulsively with hands and feet to their old ignorance.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan