disobedient

Example Sentences

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I can't say that my own stubborn, disobedient terrier provides me with any of the benefits that the first domesticated wolves bestowed on our ancestors.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

From March onward, “instead of dividing into small groups and blocking roads, we will hold disobedient gatherings with many people. And where we cannot be ignored,” the group said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Murdy also consulted with actor Danny Trejo about El Cucuy, the boogeyman that takes away disobedient children.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Some of the school's aides are assigned to one of two "crisis teams" of four employees each that respond to classrooms and can remove students who are upset, disobedient or aggressive.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2022

He did not want a rich daughter-in-law lest she be haughty and disobedient and cry for this and that of food and clothes and turn aside his son’s heart from his parents.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck