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

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

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

Amid the glut of noises, upon that still tepid and unsubmissive expanse where cold death sits brooding, that sharp profile has fallen back.

From Light by Wray, Fitzwater

Finally, he got the pitchfork, and for a moment—what a moment that was!—held four prongs of flashing steel before the elephant's eyes, red-burning, unsubmissive.

From Careers of Danger and Daring by Moffett, Cleveland