MUTINOUS in a Sentence

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1. The captain had to use force to quiet his mutinous crew.
2. Her lips mutinous, she looked up into his eyes and saw so much amusement in their dark depths that she burst into laughter.
3. On the fifth morning three others of the mutineers bolted up into the air from the desperate arms below that sought to restrain them.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUTINOUS
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mutinous
 a.  unruly; rebellious; turbulent and uncontrollable
Classic Sentence:
1  Her lips mutinous, she looked up into his eyes and saw so much amusement in their dark depths that she burst into laughter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Then Gabriel shrieked out to his comrades to give way with their oars, and in that manner the mutinous boat rapidly shot away from the Pequod.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
3  For the moment all the aghast mate's thoughts seemed theirs; they raised a half mutinous cry.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
4  He had a secret which he was not ready to tell, yet, but if this mutinous depression was not broken up soon, he would have to bring it out.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
6  On the fifth morning three others of the mutineers bolted up into the air from the desperate arms below that sought to restrain them.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
7  The city, notwithstanding the incredible perseverance of its mayor, had attempted a sort of mutiny for a surrender; the mayor had hanged the mutineers.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 51 OFFICER
8  This advice, therefore, and its consummation had the effect of rendering these mutineers relentless and inveterate in their hostility to the Carthaginians.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXII.
Example Sentence:
1  The captain had to use force to quiet his mutinous crew.