RECALCITRANT in a Sentence

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1. Which animal do you think is more recalcitrant, a pig or a mule?.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECALCITRANT
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recalcitrant
 a.  obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority
Classic Sentence:
1  At first this vague and terrible power was exercised only upon the recalcitrants who, having embraced the Mormon faith, wished afterwards to pervert or to abandon it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Example Sentence:
1  Which animal do you think is more recalcitrant, a pig or a mule?.