REBELLION in a Sentence

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48 example sentences for REBELLION, such as:

1. Confused motions of rebellion stormed in him.
2. The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
3. The passion of rebellion had broken out in him again.
4. Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.
5. The north of the country rose in rebellion against the government.

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 Meanings and Examples of REBELLION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rebellion
 n.  organized opposition to authority
Classic Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  Confused motions of rebellion stormed in him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  The passion of rebellion had broken out in him again.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
3  They had not been broken by the crash of empires, the machetes of revolting slaves, war, rebellion, proscription, confiscation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  The North was determined to force the negro vote on the state and, to this end, Georgia had been declared in rebellion and put under the strictest martial law.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
5  He knows he can stay in power just so long as he can convince the Federal government and the Yankee newspapers that Georgia is seething with rebellion and there's a Klansman hiding behind every bush.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
6  She was beginning to have fits of angry rebellion against fate, when she longed to drop out of the race and make an independent life for herself.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
7  But her course was too purely reasonable not to contain the germs of rebellion.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
8  I'm a tedious old fool analyzing the obvious, while you're the spirit of rebellion.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Then, in a very great desire of rebellion and unleashing of all her hatreds, "The pettier and more tawdry it is, the more blame to Main Street."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  During that long interval Starbuck would ever be apt to fall into open relapses of rebellion against his captain's leadership, unless some ordinary, prudential, circumstantial influences were brought to bear upon him.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
11  I say it only shows his foolish, impious pride, and abominable, devilish rebellion against the reverend clergy.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
12  These midnight hours were fateful ones to Jurgis; in them was the beginning of his rebellion, of his outlawry and his unbelief.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
13  At last, however, he had made firm rebellion against this yellow light thrown upon the color of his ambitions.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
14  The slaves toiling in the temple of this god began to feel rebellion at his harsh tasks.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
15  A dull, animal-like rebellion against his fellows, war in the abstract, and fate grew within him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence:
1  Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.
2  The north of the country rose in rebellion against the government.
3  The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
4  The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion.
5  They all hoped that he managed to stem the rebellion in two weeks.
6  The comments made by President helped to fuel speculation that some kind of military rebellion was being planned.
7  Simon Bolivar, who led the South American colonies in their rebellion against Spanish rule, is known as the great liberator.