rebelliousness
Example Sentences
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In the shadow of a cleric-stomping father, the Western-educated shah simply couldn’t appreciate Shiism and its rebelliousness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
First, I noticed the degree of rebelliousness exuded by several of them.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024
The tiger, in 2022, brought passion and rebelliousness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Barry Newman, whose terse integrity and understated rebelliousness made the 1971 movie “Vanishing Point” an enduring hit in the annals of American cinema about the open road, died on May 11 in Manhattan.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
The backdrop was a prisonwide feeling of rebelliousness: inmates in A-block had been demonstrating during the preceding weeks over prison mismanagement.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
