adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
streak
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Long hair swept up into a high chignon for classic glamour displays a rebellious streak !.
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When the rebellious streak appeared in her life it was tolerated, but it was not tolerated in her literary personality.
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Not surprisingly, the rebellious streak in his nature surfaced, and he started to behave with studied rudeness.
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However, even at kindergarten his rebellious streak was showing and at the age of five or six he was playing truant.
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The edgy, rebellious streak in his character could only be intensified by his somewhat beleaguered isolation in this respect.
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Young people with curiosity and a rebellious streak are only too ready to experiment.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sweet-spirited/tough-spirited/rebellious-spirited etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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rebellious behavior
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Aristide, the elected president, was ousted by rebellious soldiers.
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Maria was headstrong and rebellious .
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Such extremist groups may well attract rebellious teenagers.
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the rebellious daughter of a military man
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And here was some one else stealing his rebellious thunder.
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Black used to be daring, but now color is more rebellious because it is more out of the norm.
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Not so much because he was stubborn or rebellious , because he really is neither.
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This example conveniently makes the point that it is not only women who are vulnerable to the attentions of these rebellious spirits.
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When Sheridan discovers that her husband has been cheating on her, she turns to the troubled and rebellious Bellows.
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When the rebellious streak appeared in her life it was tolerated, but it was not tolerated in her literary personality.