rebellious

Example Sentences

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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

“It felt riskier, kind of rebellious to do that, but it ended up looking great and feeling really good too for her,” said Tolles about leaning into the room’s darkness.

From Los Angeles Times

Fashion historian Dr Helen Walter says Westwood's "punk" approach to tartan transformed it from being something associated with staid British cultural norms and gave it a rebellious streak.

From BBC