recalcitrant

There is ample precedent in history for change being forced upon recalcitrant organizations from the outside.

These willfully ignorant, recalcitrant obstructionists are doing the country a tremendous service.

Shame and ostracism are not guaranteed to be effective; like the recalcitrant husband, Israel may indeed dig in.

However, we always hope the next will prove less recalcitrant; in which faith we advance trembling.

Gloria looked around at those who remained recalcitrant and concentrated her gaze on Stevens.

It was from this Ireland of the darkness that the recalcitrant Ireland of the twentieth century arose.

These heartening recollections made me forget the loss of Twist, the recalcitrant cow, and the dilemma that confronted me.

In most instances the recalcitrant part of the provincial populations prevailed.