REBELLION in a Sentence
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48 example sentences for REBELLION, such as:
1. Confused motions of rebellion stormed in him.
2. The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
3. The passion of rebellion had broken out in him again.
4. Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.
5. The north of the country rose in rebellion against the government.
2. The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
3. The passion of rebellion had broken out in him again.
4. Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.
5. The north of the country rose in rebellion against the government.
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Meanings and Examples of REBELLION
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rebellion
n. refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
n. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Classic Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1 Confused motions of rebellion stormed in him.
2 The passion of rebellion had broken out in him again.
3 They had not been broken by the crash of empires, the machetes of revolting slaves, war, rebellion, proscription, confiscation.
4 The North was determined to force the negro vote on the state and, to this end, Georgia had been declared in rebellion and put under the strictest martial law.
5 He knows he can stay in power just so long as he can convince the Federal government and the Yankee newspapers that Georgia is seething with rebellion and there's a Klansman hiding behind every bush.
6 She was beginning to have fits of angry rebellion against fate, when she longed to drop out of the race and make an independent life for herself.
7 But her course was too purely reasonable not to contain the germs of rebellion.
8 I'm a tedious old fool analyzing the obvious, while you're the spirit of rebellion.
9 Then, in a very great desire of rebellion and unleashing of all her hatreds, "The pettier and more tawdry it is, the more blame to Main Street."
10 During that long interval Starbuck would ever be apt to fall into open relapses of rebellion against his captain's leadership, unless some ordinary, prudential, circumstantial influences were brought to bear upon him.
11 I say it only shows his foolish, impious pride, and abominable, devilish rebellion against the reverend clergy.
12 These midnight hours were fateful ones to Jurgis; in them was the beginning of his rebellion, of his outlawry and his unbelief.
13 At last, however, he had made firm rebellion against this yellow light thrown upon the color of his ambitions.
14 The slaves toiling in the temple of this god began to feel rebellion at his harsh tasks.
15 A dull, animal-like rebellion against his fellows, war in the abstract, and fate grew within him.
Example Sentence:
1 Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.
2 The north of the country rose in rebellion against the government.
3 The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
4 The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion.
5 They all hoped that he managed to stem the rebellion in two weeks.
6 The comments made by President helped to fuel speculation that some kind of military rebellion was being planned.
7 Simon Bolivar, who led the South American colonies in their rebellion against Spanish rule, is known as the great liberator.