Sentence examples for in rebellious from inspiring English sources

The emperor's use of violence was seen as a necessity to rein in rebellious elements of society and dominate violent and uncultivated Inner Asian tribes, who would then submit to the emperor and become transformed by China's superior wen (culture and civilization).

Some of the earliest protests erupted there, and defectors soon sought refuge in rebellious neighborhoods.

I've prodded you before about your interest, in your fiction, in rebellious teen-agers.

Several New Democracy backbenchers have come back from their holidays in rebellious mood.

Mr Hu impressed Deng in the 1980s with his toughness as a party chief in rebellious Tibet.

He is 33 now, his body is in rebellious mood and he is not entirely convinced of his own powers.

Her eyes are closed, her hand is on her hip in a jaunty, rebellious gesture.

Opposition sources said about 220 Syrians, mostly civilians, were killed in a village in the rebellious Hama region this week, largely by army artillery bombardment.

The British organized an expedition in early 1776 for operations in the rebellious southern colonies of North America.

Ginger, in contrast, is rebellious in ways that show her to be responsible and disciplined rather than impetuous.

They seem to have occurred, moreover, in early 2004, on the fringes of a riot in the rebellious town of al-Amara.