refusal to obey
Example Sentences
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We’ve discovered that MBS saw himself as an outsider from the very beginning - a young man with much to prove and a refusal to obey anybody’s rules other than his own.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
“Faced with Marko Rupnik’s repeated refusal to obey this mandate, we were unfortunately left with only one solution: resignation from the Society of Jesus.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Outright refusal to obey the law is a non-starter; it could provoke several resignations including those of Geoffrey Cox, the attorney general, and Robert Buckland, the justice secretary.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2019
In fact, the film’s refusal to obey genre rules can be as disorienting as it is refreshing.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2018
Now, this sort of vigil is only kept during a temporary anchorage, never as a harbour duty; and, consequently, there was an instant refusal to obey unless the day's work was shortened.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
