rebelliousness
Example Sentences
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Despite my rebelliousness, my parents’ work ethic had rubbed off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
It shows my rebelliousness, “Life, you are not going to get me down. I am going to look at the sun.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
First, I noticed the degree of rebelliousness exuded by several of them.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024
Sadness, rebelliousness and a puckish sense of humor are there in her eyes.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
I dusted the powdery corpses of half a dozen dead butterflies off a cement bench and lay down on the quad under the moonlight for a while, contemplating my sisters and our rebelliousness.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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