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Sentence example with the word 'recalcitrant'
recalcitrant
adamant, breachy, counteractive, disputatious, indisposed, nonconformist, oppugnant, refractory, rival, uncontrollable, unyielding
Definition
adj.
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Last update: July 1, 2016
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Some
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states can claim the dubious honor of having failed to ratify either convention.
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Everyday I see casual violence meted out on
recalcitrant
toddlers.
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There is still much to be done to-day, and first of all I must confute the objections of your
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pupil.
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Matter was a potentially
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element.
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They will generally use no more force than is necessary to reduce the
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to order.
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A very embarrassing interview followed between Roswell and the family of his
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bride.
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Fines were levied by the League on
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members.
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He dropped into the boat, seating himself to face the
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Mulready.
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He was justified in disposing of a dangerous and
recalcitrant
prisoner.
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