unsubmissive

Example Sentences

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They are ironic, determined, weary, languorous, gazing out from half-closed eyes, unsubmissive.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017

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 Sergeant, Adeline

Or up endeavor's unsubmissive slope Advance a bosom of desire, and bow A back of patience in a thankless task?

From Undertones by Cawein, Madison J.

It bears the date of April 10th, being the very next day after he had written to Reynolds in so unsubmissive a tone.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael

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 Verne, Jules