disobedient

Example Sentences

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Like elsewhere in Hong Kong, the campus seemed to have been scrubbed of its disobedient past.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024

Noem reported that the puppy was disobedient and out “having the time of her life” during a pheasant hunting trip and that the animal later attacked and killed a neighbor's chickens.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

For example, diaries about personal lives, new puppies, disobedient grandchildren.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 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

He was only some kind of folk legend, a warning used by mothers when youngsters were fractious or disobedient.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques