unsubmissive

Example Sentences

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They are ironic, determined, weary, languorous, gazing out from half-closed eyes, unsubmissive.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017

Poor old Applehead had never before attempted to browbeat a woman, and her unsubmissive silence seemed to his bachelor mind uncanny.

From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.

The situation of the unsubmissive priests is more advantageous than that of the submissive priests....

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John

The only occasion when she would avow her fears even to herself, was when she knelt in prayer; and then how wild and unsubmissive were her petitions!

From Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

They walked from beside her, and left her with him who had been her husband—ashamed indeed of her gaunt uncomeliness, but unsubmissive.

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George