REBELLIOUS in a Sentence

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1. If moderators try to abstain, they feel trapped and rebellious.
2. The new Bandidos are just as ribald and rebellious as the originals, whom the cops used to chase day and night.
3. Paris is built upon a soil which is singularly rebellious to the pick, the hoe, the bore, and to human manipulation.
4. Why, we are nigh the spot that Providence first placed them at, but where, it seems, they were too rebellious to stay.

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 Meanings and Examples of REBELLIOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rebellious
 a.  resisting control or authority; discontented as toward authority
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  All the way across the floor, a man, newly come and standing in the doorway, saw them, started in recognition and watched closely the slanting eyes in the sulky, rebellious face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  But with the operation of what came to be known as the governor's "slander mill," the North saw only a rebellious state that needed a heavy hand, and a heavy hand was laid upon it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
3  Pavel, the tall one, was said to be an anarchist; since he had no means of imparting his opinions, probably his wild gesticulations and his generally excited and rebellious manner gave rise to this supposition.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
4  And this is their utterance; merry and boisterous, or mournful and wailing, or passionate and rebellious, this music is their music, music of home.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  Why, we are nigh the spot that Providence first placed them at, but where, it seems, they were too rebellious to stay.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
6  These holidays serve as conductors, or safety-valves, to carry off the rebellious spirit of enslaved humanity.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  The youth could see this conviction weight upon the entire regiment until the men were like cuffed and cursed animals, but withal rebellious.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
8  Thought is moved in its most sombre depths, social philosophy is bidden to its most poignant meditations, in the presence of that enigmatic dialect at once so blighted and rebellious.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—ROOTS
9  Nothing is, generally, more singularly calm than the physiognomy of Paris during an uprising beyond the bounds of the rebellious quarters.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS
10  Paris is built upon a soil which is singularly rebellious to the pick, the hoe, the bore, and to human manipulation.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS
11  In short, she had taken the measure of motives hitherto unknown to herself, through this experiment, made upon the most rebellious subject that nature and religion could submit to her study.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
12  "You are a brave youth, d'Artagnan," interrupted the cardinal, tapping him familiarly on the shoulder, charmed at having vanquished this rebellious nature.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
13  My dread always was, that this knowledge on her part laid me under a heavy disadvantage with her pride, and made me the subject of a rebellious struggle in her bosom.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVIII
14  He has a sullen, rebellious spirit; a violent temper; and an untoward, intractable disposition.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
15  I saw Uriah watch her while she greeted us; and he reminded me of an ugly and rebellious genie watching a good spirit.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
Example Sentence:
1  Last year Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince pulverised Awamiyah, a rebellious town; Saudi forces shelled its 400-year-old neighbourhoods and erected siege walls to trap some 200 gunmen.
2  The new Bandidos are just as ribald and rebellious as the originals, whom the cops used to chase day and night.
3  If moderators try to abstain, they feel trapped and rebellious.