unsubmissive

Example Sentences

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They are ironic, determined, weary, languorous, gazing out from half-closed eyes, unsubmissive.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017

Or up endeavor's unsubmissive slope Advance a bosom of desire, and bow A back of patience in a thankless task?

From Undertones by Cawein, Madison J.

But he was stubborn and dictatorial, and when I continued unsubmissive he threatened to cast me off entirely and leave his fortune to charity, since he had no other near relatives.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

The heart with its affections; the will with its immense energies,—the entire active and emotive portions of his nature,—are still earthly, unsubmissive, selfish, and sinful.

From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)

The situation of the unsubmissive priests is more advantageous than that of the submissive priests....

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John