rebellious
Example Sentences
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"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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“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
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.