recalcitrant

• If it did not cow the recalcitrant islanders into submission, it would at least bring up the British fighters for a final Homeric battle against heavy odds. —  Luftwaffe Victorious
• Should the Americans prove recalcitrant, the Me 264s could raid New York or Washington with conventional bombs, proving that they had the means to deliver a nuclear attack. —  Luftwaffe Victorious
• About a week before my flight from Guadalajara to Los Angeles to make the trans-Pacific connection, China came to the forefront of the news by passing a new law that permitted itself to declare war on Taiwan—an anti-secession move against the recalcitrant island country. —  GUDMagazineIssue0::Spring2007
• When this kind of chastisement was not enough and a slave continued to be recalcitrant, there was a disagreeable but clear-cut solution: he was sold. —  Understanding Thomas Jefferson
• I can only imagine what sort of sword they intend to dangle of recalcitrant, about this issue before, and said all I think there is to say about it. —  QandO

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