disobedient

Example Sentences

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Ms Phillip-Dowe explained that "disobedient" slaves were punished in public, to terrify the other slaves into submission.

From BBC

Yet there’s massive meaning, too, in the thinking behind it — particularly for a government that has long prized the projection of control outward to its sometimes disobedient hinterlands.

From Seattle Times

In response, Virginia’s lieutenant governor said Youngkin could pull funding from disobedient districts.

From Washington Post

Youngkin spokeswoman Macaulay Porter did not directly reply to a question Friday asking what steps the governor will take to ensure disobedient districts allow families to send their children to school maskless.

From Washington Post

Youngkin has said he will use every resource at his disposal to enforce his order, and his spokeswoman did not rule out yanking funding from disobedient districts.

From Washington Post