recalcitrate

Example Sentences

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While in Europe the same classes sometimes recalcitrate even against the supreme power, the American submits without a murmur to the authority of the pettiest magistrate.

From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de

Whilst in Europe the same classes sometimes recalcitrate even against the supreme power, the American submits without a murmur to the authority of the pettiest magistrate.

From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Reeves, Henry

Here, dear Christopher, I recalcitrate, and decline printing the rest of the sentence; but as to "Things in General"—I am somewhat smitten with the suggestion.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

Against all pretensions on the part of science or experimental reasoning to assume this post he was especially given to rebel and recalcitrate.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

He braced his feet and stood his ground, and made the wise men wait, While with his heels at all around he did recalcitrate.

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry