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

Amid the glut of noises, upon that still tepid and unsubmissive expanse where cold death sits brooding, that sharp profile has fallen back.

From Light by Wray, Fitzwater

She was reproved three days ago for laughing aloud in a chapel; and, as she showed an unsubmissive spirit, she was sent into a room alone in order to meditate.

From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

How could I remain impenitent and unsubmissive when for my faults an innocent man stood exposed in contumely to the public gaze?

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence

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