rebelled

past tense of rebel

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rebelled Americans rebelled against a king, then applied that same thinking to abolish slavery, then dismantle segregation. David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025 When she was pulled into the Upside Down and seemingly forgotten, the fanbase rebelled and #JusticeforBarb was born. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 The Arts and Crafts movement rebelled against factory drudgery and mass production. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Oct. 2025 As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 Redford rebelled against his father’s cautiousness and indeed against all expectations, even after the family moved to the more upscale Van Nuys. Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025 Ali—or Richard Durham channeling Ali—would write just months after the fight that some part of him had always rebelled against the primal allure of his sport. Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025 Trump then walked back that threat after markets rebelled, and instead began critiquing Powell’s management of the Federal Reserve more widely—recently targeting its office renovations. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025 Jordan, now a teen-ager, lives with his mother in Phoenix and has rebelled by becoming a punk rocker. Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebelled
revolted
Verb
  • Users revolted against the change, citing lost AI friendships and romantic relationships with the earlier iteration of the bot.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Over their many months of incarceration, the Cuban refugees organized and revolted, in some instances breaking out of their detention camps.
    Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025

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