Example sentences for: recalcitrant

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

  • In its fine arcaded courtyard, notice a bronze statue of Napoleon, who was responsible for turning the Brera into a national gallery with confiscations from the Church and recalcitrant nobles.

  • History will note that it was a recalcitrant Republican Senate that killed the treaty because of political infighting."

  • The conventional response to this amusing transposition is A funny jab at a recalcitrant pupil.

  • The Saudis could single-handedly depress the market by flooding it with oil, as they did in 1986 in order to discipline recalcitrant OPEC members.

  • One piece argues that anything short of toppling Saddam would be pointless: Iraq will be recalcitrant till he falls.


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