Example Sentences

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But Hamilton kept his car as slow as possible, even answering, for an employee of a racing team, insubordinately.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2016

Most of her consorts insubordinately separated from the Bon Homme Richard.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman

London was a Tommy on leave, insubordinately, humorously, contagiously happy.

From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby

“And did you give him no occasion for behaving so insubordinately, sir?” asked the skipper, looking Mr Macdougall straight in the face with a piercing glance, as if defying him to answer him untruthfully.

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham

This harassed force now appears as if composed of quite other than the men observed in the Retreat insubordinately straggling along like vagabonds.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas