unsubmissive
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They are ironic, determined, weary, languorous, gazing out from half-closed eyes, unsubmissive.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
How could I remain impenitent and unsubmissive when for my faults an innocent man stood exposed in contumely to the public gaze?
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
The emperor gave him these instructions: “Subdue and pacify the savage deities, and likewise the unsubmissive people of the twelve roads57 of the East.”
From Japan by David Murray
This triple menace had the effect of making him keep quiet—this unsubmissive cousin—for about an hour.
From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
She was reproved three days ago for laughing aloud in a chapel; and, as she showed an unsubmissive spirit, she was sent into a room alone in order to meditate.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
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