unsubmissive
- a word derived from submissive.
Example Sentences
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They are ironic, determined, weary, languorous, gazing out from half-closed eyes, unsubmissive.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
At times he sulked, at times he affected a cold dignity, and at times a virile anger swayed him at her unsubmissive silences.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
How could I remain impenitent and unsubmissive when for my faults an innocent man stood exposed in contumely to the public gaze?
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence
They walked from beside her, and left her with him who had been her husband—ashamed indeed of her gaunt uncomeliness, but unsubmissive.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
This triple menace had the effect of making him keep quiet—this unsubmissive cousin—for about an hour.
From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Verne, Jules
