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

The only occasion when she would avow her fears even to herself, was when she knelt in prayer; and then how wild and unsubmissive were her petitions!

From Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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 Housman, Laurence

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

The situation of the unsubmissive priests is more advantageous than that of the submissive priests....

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John