Examples of recalcitrance in a Sentence
punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges
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Apple’s always emerging — from a depressive fog, from some volcanic fugue, from recalcitrance, from fear, from disappointment, from being too inside herself.
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The singer for the latter band, Liam Gallagher, disavowed the Rock Hall when his band was previously twice nominated, but the nominating committee did not hold his recalcitrance against him this year.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
But less than a month after proposing the inquiry, PURA released a decision abruptly canceling it and blaming the cancellation on utility recalcitrance.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2026
Holidays are far easier to add than to remove, and the resulting inflexibility, combined with the union’s recalcitrance, has made compliance with state law more difficult.
—John Ketcham, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2026
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The singer for the latter band, Liam Gallagher, disavowed the Rock Hall when his band was previously twice nominated, but the nominating committee did not hold his recalcitrance against him this year.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
But less than a month after proposing the inquiry, PURA released a decision abruptly canceling it and blaming the cancellation on utility recalcitrance.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2026
Holidays are far easier to add than to remove, and the resulting inflexibility, combined with the union’s recalcitrance, has made compliance with state law more difficult.
—John Ketcham, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Recalcitrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recalcitrance. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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recalcitrance
noun
re·cal·ci·trance
ri-ˈkal-sə-trən(t)s 
: the state of being recalcitrant
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