Sentence examples for were recalcitrant from inspiring English sources

Bosnian Serbs were recalcitrant.

The villagers were recalcitrant.

She reminds us, from the start, of the septuagenarian Miss Daisy's schoolteaching past by her habit of treating her son and employee as if they were recalcitrant pupils.

Benzene, ethylbenzene and xylene isomers were recalcitrant in both ambient and amendment experiments.

Protocols for protoplast formation and regeneration were established; however, preparations were recalcitrant to DNA uptake.

It could be due to that these organics species were recalcitrant to biological degradation or produced by the transformation of other organic compounds.

There was recalcitrant heel pain.

But the facts, it turns out, are recalcitrant.

Lonergan acknowledges that he was recalcitrant and difficult about "Margaret".

It is recalcitrant as a subject, difficult to pin down.

Only two of the Germans were found to be recalcitrant & they were returned to Germany.