recalcitrant

Example Sentences

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Ms. Goldstein imagines a sweet spot that allows us to “objectively distinguish between better and worse ways to satisfy the longing to matter” while being “expansive enough to accommodate us in all our recalcitrant diversity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

“The fact that McDonnell and his staff are so recalcitrant — and are so reluctant — to do their jobs is shameful.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Bessent's comments come after he called India a "bit recalcitrant" on trade negotiations in an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

His best hope remains the presence of a recalcitrant juror or two willing and able to hang the panel.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024

His jaw had a recalcitrant jut to it that implied a run-in with something—an errant hoof or an ill- placed fence post—but maybe it was the only shape in which it could have been drawn.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand