Sentence examples for refusals to conform from inspiring English sources

The dog owners' refusals to conform to what they deem an arbitrary rule does not make them lacking in civility.

This seems to be the message, and it's a message as much about Kelley's working-class Catholic upbringing in the Detroit suburbs as about his own refusals to conform to gender stereotypes and parental expectations in his youth.

Miley Cyrus' refusal to conform to conventional standards of dress often means refusing to cover her body up, something that not everyone is immediately comfortable with.

She was targeted for her looks, her nerdy curiosity, her refusal to conform.

The two share a punk spirit that manifests itself in an absolute refusal to conform.

But they seem to be united by a radical spirit of adventure, and a refusal to conform to industry norms.

A refusal to conform, at least outwardly, to the recognized worship of the community subjected one to hardships.

What inspires her experimental flights is something more hard-headed and ordinary — a bristling refusal to conform.

Lolo had disappointed Ann, but her refusal to conform to his culture's expectations apparently angered him as well.

Ashley Gilman, 20, one of Amanda's cousins, said Amanda often drew the ire of peers for her refusal to conform.

The underlying ingredients are always the same: righteous indignation, defiance, a sense of persecution and a refusal to conform.