balkiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for balkiness
Noun
  • In small towns and farm communities across Illinois, a quiet rebellion is taking shape.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The daughter of a severely disapproving dentist (Ulrich Tukur) who witnessed World War II from the heart of Germany and still seems to think that women’s lib is the worst thing that’s ever happened to his country, Vera is a perfect vessel for rebellion.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their act of defiance against gentrification becomes a bold expression of ingenious creativity.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • While hilarious and adorable, owners with sassy dogs should ensure the behavior does not evolve into defiance or aggression.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Either of these original conditions would compel us to curb our aspirations to self-making, self-saving, and self-liberation as harmful forms of willfulness.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • While this change reduces the explicit admission of willfulness, a narrative is still required.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The problem isn’t that my girlfriend wouldn’t get to go, but the disrespect and dishonesty of uninviting her out of the blue and trying to cover it up as being a genuine mistake.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That’s disrespect of a two-time champion.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Balkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balkiness. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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