bull-headed

Example Sentences

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She calls Stasia “the peacemaker,” who often helped her negotiate with her bull-headed son over rules and limits on the boy, who began climbing atop things almost before he could walk.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021

Not all of them are so bull-headed, of course.

From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2021

The Greek legend of the labyrinth, the great maze in which a bull-headed monster called the minotaur roamed, was probably based on the size and the confusion of these Minoan complexes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Kail, who on all his projects relies on collaboration and communication, said the dynamics on the set of “Fosse/Verdon” proved that being bull-headed is not the only way to create art.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2019

Half of my face scraped along the thorn covered ground and came up covered with little bull-headed diablitos.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya