Example sentences for: rebellious

How can you use “rebellious” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Cuba's young are growing increasingly rebellious because of the nation's terrible poverty, says a story.

  • At a 54-member meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Yeltsin decried the "sermonizing" by the West over his attack on the rebellious province of Chechnya.

  • In contrast to other Italian cities weakened by internal rivalries and unstable government, Rome drew strength from a solid aristocracy of consuls and senate ruling over plebeians proud of their Roman citizenship and only rarely rebellious.

  • Members of a rebellious 16th-century French faction were called Guisards because of their extravagant get-ups; the word has become a common, if rarely used, noun for a masquerader or mummer.

  • It follows two families, black and white, who turn out to be the Zeligs of the 60's: Their rebellious offspring turn up at every key event from the Freedom Rides to Woodstock.


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