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
Perhaps none has been as recalcitrant as Alabama.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025
“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
"The first and hardest battle was to change mentality. His job was rendered difficult by recalcitrant culture."
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024
The most abundant isotope, U-238, was harder to nudge toward fission than to move a recalcitrant donkey, and it responded only to fast, or highly energetic, neutrons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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