WAYWARD in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for WAYWARD, such as:
1. That wayward child is very hard to teach.
2. The reluctance to go home was not confined to wayward men.
3. I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years.
4. He was conscious of, but could not apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence.
5. He seemed a mere automaton, galvanized into moving and speaking by the wayward Eustacia's will.
2. The reluctance to go home was not confined to wayward men.
3. I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years.
4. He was conscious of, but could not apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence.
5. He seemed a mere automaton, galvanized into moving and speaking by the wayward Eustacia's will.
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Meanings and Examples of WAYWARD
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wayward
a. resistant to guidance or discipline
Classic Sentence:
1 The reluctance to go home was not confined to wayward men.
2 I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years.
3 I cannot say at what stage of my grief it first became associated with the reflection, that, in my wayward boyhood, I had thrown away the treasure of her love.
4 It is probable that the agitated citizen has within his circle at least one inarticulate rebel with aspirations as wayward as Carol's.
5 Cora was seated nigh them, a calm and amused looker-on; regarding the wayward movements of her more youthful sister with that species of maternal fondness which characterized her love for Alice.
6 He seemed a mere automaton, galvanized into moving and speaking by the wayward Eustacia's will.
7 He was wild, wayward, and, to speak the truth, I could not trust him in the handling of large sums of money.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
8 He was conscious of, but could not apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence.
9 Moreover her father, though excessively fond of her, treated her always as a toy; with the result that, as she grew to years of discretion, she became wholly wayward and spoilt.
Example Sentence:
1 That wayward child is very hard to teach.