rebellious

Example Sentences

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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

I can tell she feels pity for me and blames herself for not having been a better mother and stopped me from being so rebellious.

From Literature

For Sundance’s final gathering in Park City, it’s fitting that there should be a new movie from a filmmaker that embodies the rebellious, rule-breaking spirit of the festival as few have.

From Los Angeles Times

But a gay student, a trans student, even a mildly rebellious or slightly weird kid—anyone disinclined to be compliant—might have been unhappy there.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lear nicknamed Reiner’s character after what his own father used to call him when he was a rebellious kid.

From Salon