rebellious
Example Sentences
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Thoughtful and easygoing offstage, Peaches’ seemingly rebellious onstage shenanigans are hardly a reaction to her upbringing.
From Los Angeles Times
“Then suddenly, this burst on the scene in January,” more rebellious than ever.
When it was founded in Aberdeenshire the firm portrayed itself as a rebellious challenger to a UK brewing industry it regarded as stuffy and corporate.
From BBC
"Maverick, independent, to a certain extent rebellious - it was all good stuff," he said.
From BBC
But some small rebellious part of her brain was thinking, I didn’t use the word crash.
From Literature
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