How to Use rebel in a Sentence

rebel

1 of 3 adjective

• As with the rebel golf tour, much of sports is about the money.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• At the same time, there’s a rebel streak in the sport that refuses to die.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Tehran also backs the rebel Houthis in a bloody war with the Saudis in Yemen.
  — Arkansas Online, 14 July 2022
• The Houthis are a rebel movement that controls much of Yemen’s north.
  — Ali Al-Mujahed, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• Deep in the jungle, rebel groups have taken the fight to the military.
  — Sandi Sidhu, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
• The rebel reporter who was obsessed with booze, drugs and guns?
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Soon, the arrival of a rebel warlord Jasper tilts the odds in Jabi’s favor.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• Tehran also sponsored the rebel Houthis in a bloody war with the Saudis in Yemen.
  — CBS News, 13 July 2022
• Pushback from the squares only raised his rebel appeal among the young.
  — Alex Williams, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• The Libyan dictator was ousted and killed by rebel forces in 2011.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Nov. 2022
• Richardson flew in an old cargo plane to meet the rebel leader.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• The rebel alliance gathers like Mujahideen in the mountains.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 28 Sep. 2022
• Violent rebel groups and drug smugglers are known to hide out in the region.
  — Longreads, 1 Feb. 2024
• In 1991, the Derg was overthrown by a coalition of rebel militias; Abiy, who was then in the seventh grade, left school for a time to join the cause.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• Carey has the skills to guide you out of a fire fight, negotiate through a rebel checkpoint and deal with a gunshot wound.
  — Rob Williams, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• Some rebel good guys are seeking the Crown of Sabbac, to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• From the metal heads of Givenchy to the rebel preps of Tommy Hilfiger, Fall’s runways proved that over-the-knee boots work for a variety of styles.
  — Natalie Alcala, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2022
• Back in 2013, there had been nearly a thousand rebel groups, an alphabet soup of acronyms.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Ordinary people, Black and white, sacrificed to preserve the Union against the designs of the rebel South.
  — Jon Meacham, Time, 12 Oct. 2022
• Throughout the sci-fi franchise, the rebel leader often wore her hair in two buns on either side of her head.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 6 May 2023
• Kathleen, the rebel leader in Kansas City, was willing to risk the entire city to avenge her brother.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• But the government blamed the Coalition of Patriots for Change, an alliance of rebel groups.
  — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• An excerpt from the article reads; To be effective against this rebel group, the marines needed to adapt.
  — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• As a result, the book swarms with white-armored stormtroopers and ragtag rebel legions.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
• As much as anything else, though, the Houthis are a rebel group, a military movement forged in the country's long civil war.
  — Elliott Goat, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
• Their boldness is one of many strengths that has earned them their rebel reputation.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
• Cassian was first introduced in Rogue One, which saw the character lead a rebel force in stealing the Death Star plans.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• That film follows Ellis, a 25-year-old Black gay man who joins the Marines to both rebel and redefine himself.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
• Saudi Arabia has led a coalition that has backed Yemen's government in its fight against a rebel group called the Houthis, who are backed by Iran.
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 12 July 2022
• With the arrival of a rebel warlord (Emeka Amakeze) on the run from his violent past, and the death of Mama Efe, a new status quo emerges in the village.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 24 Jan. 2023

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rebel

2 of 3 noun

• He is a typical teenage rebel.
• He was a rebel against the school administration.
• The government captured six armed rebels.
• The rebels still hold the vessel near the port city of Hodeida.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
• The city fell to the regime in 2014, when rebels left it after a two-year siege.
  — Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• Iran is a key supporter of both Hamas in Gaza and the Houthi rebels.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
• There's danger along the way, as she'll be forced to battle her way to the lost rebel.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• At the height of the Haitian Revolution, rebels moored ships along Mona’s coast.
  — Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Choose your rebel and join the fight in this four-player co-op action game.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
• If true, the strikes would mark one of the largest attacks by the rebels on Saudi soil in their more than five-year war in Yemen.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
• The footage drew gasps and cheers, with Ray Stevenson as a Sith cutting rebels with a red sword and using the Force to choke one.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2023
• Mirage is a bit of a rebel himself, and the callback to the classic buddy-cop movie just felt right.
  — Stef Schrader, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2023
• While the group’s leadership was also outside of Afghanistan, the rebels in the country were well equipped and earned around $100 a month.
  — Najim Rahim, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Nowadays, being a rebel means being on the opposite side of someone else, on the left or the right.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2023
• But Iran appears to have less control over the Houthis, as the Yemeni rebel group continued to target ships.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
• Tens of thousands of civilians, rebels, and government forces have been killed in the conflict.
  — Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
• Crane was in town to sail with a ship trying to break a blockade that the U.S. government had placed on arms shipments to Cuban rebels.
  — Richard Byrne, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
• The rebels have claimed other attacks targeting Eilat, which have caused no damage in the city.
  — Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024
• If the rebels consider the Germans their allies, Willie wonders, then what does that make him?
  — Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• The United States and Britain have responded with strikes against Houthi targets, but the rebels have kept up their attacks.
  — Edith M. Lederer, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
• Attacks on commercial ships in the region have increased, which the Houthi rebels say is in support of the people of Gaza.
  — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Is a new Speaker really going to want to confront the rebels right away by going to bat for Ukraine?
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
• In the documentary series, the infamous death camp will be portrayed through the eyes of the rebels and survivors.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
• Today, 28-year-old Kimberley Lawton is perhaps best thought of as the rebel off it.
  — Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2023
• Both government- and rebel-held areas in Syria have reported hundreds deaths and injuries in the quake.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
• Ethnic Albanian rebels launched a fight to rid the country of Serbian rule in 1998.
  — Dusan Stojanovic, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2023
• Saddam Hussein had just finished blasting away at Shi’a rebels in the holy city of Najaf.
  — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
• According to his son, Crump was a beatnik with a reputation as a rebel among the Disney fold.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• Ressler finds out Albani is being accused of directing funds out of his clinic and to Houthi rebels.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 15 May 2023
• And Ezra and Sabine still have a potential rebels’ reunion with Ahsoka.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023

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rebel

3 of 3 verb

• The protesters are rebelling against the new tax law.
• When the government imposed more taxes, the people rebelled.
• Children often rebel against their parents.
• On top of all that, the West Coast states and cities rebelled.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2020
• It is also feared that teenagers would rebel against such drudgery.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
• In the long, long run, the human spirit will indeed rebel against the lowering of the skies.
  — Frank S. Meyer, National Review, 14 Feb. 2020
• The school’s students and faculty rebelled, and the takeover failed.
  — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
• Who is left for Democrats to rebel against, beyond the president?
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 21 Aug. 2020
• Her daughter, Rose (Aubrey Dollar) is a good girl who wants to rebel.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
• Apple TV+ — Mark takes the team on a field trip, but Helly continues to rebel.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 19 Feb. 2022
• The mixed messages are part of why some business owners rebel.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2021
• Children will rebel against their parents and may even grow their hair long.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Jan. 2022
• One option would be to rebel and try to prove its assumptions false.
  — Meghan O'Gieblyn, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
• But moderates in the House and Senate fear the country will rebel against such largesse and want cuts in the price and the ambition of the package.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
• So far, and probably for decades to come, the way the office workers will rebel is outside the workplace.
  — Fanny Howe, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
• Pushing the people in your domestic sphere to bend to your will could provoke them to rebel.
  — Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
• Practical new arrangements are in the spotlight near the full Moon of the 28th but the 19th holds an aspect that prompts you to rebel against the status quo.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 Mar. 2022
• The family had begun to struggle and the young MacGowan had started to rebel.
  — Caine O'Rear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2021
• The theory alleges that the colonists later rebelled against the empire.
  — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
• Part of me likely wanted to rebel against what my older sister liked, too.
  — Charlotte Cho, Marie Claire, 29 June 2021
• In the West, some are rebelling by turning against progressivism.
  — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 24 Nov. 2023
• Once onboard they were stripped naked; the men were sent below, while the women and children—less likely to rebel—were kept on deck.
  — James Oakes, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2021
• Of course, such projects are big-budget one-offs, designed to rebel against featureless cityscapes.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Nov. 2021
• Merchants, many of whom generate 80% to 90% of their sales on Amazon, are less likely to rebel.
  — Spencer Soper, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
• In 2019, though, the Whitney staff rebelled over the business dealings of trustee Warren Kanders.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
• Will Jonah, Marty and Wendy’s son, continue to rebel against them?
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Jan. 2022
• But the cracks soon started to show, as Williams rebelled against the polished image that had been created to represent the band.
  — TIME, 8 Nov. 2023
• What, then, would happen when the Jewish People rebel against God for other beliefs?
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
• But the judges rebelled, and the legislature subsequently changed the law back.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020
• But now, workers in the United States’ No. 1 trading partner are rebelling.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024