rebellious
Example Sentences
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I didn't have a rebellious bone in my body.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Over the next decade, rebellious colonists used ads to spread the word about boycotts on British products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Thoughtful and easygoing offstage, Peaches’ seemingly rebellious onstage shenanigans are hardly a reaction to her upbringing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
“Then suddenly, this burst on the scene in January,” more rebellious than ever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
But some small rebellious part of her brain was thinking, I didn’t use the word crash.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing rebellious
List 7
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