Example Sentences

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Proudly and rebelliously, I accused my parents’ generation—and Mama in particular—of failing to live up to the utopian promises that should have handed me a future that I could find worthy and comfortable.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2019

She detailed her long days, her exhausting schedule and the psychic pull to be more available to her two teenage sons, one of whom was rebelliously toying with juvenile delinquency.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2016

This was the Replacements at the peak of their powers, rebelliously thwarting expectations, simultaneously satirizing the ironic over-seriousness of "SNL" and mocking the second-rate-ness of their own name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2016

We soon located her dressing room and once inside she picked up a brush and began to attack a length of blonde hair that had rebelliously decided to curl.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2014

When they approached, Nellie looked at them and backed her ears and bobbed her head up and down rebelliously.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck