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    headstrong


    1. illustration of a headstrong person! He would not listen to any idea that was not his


    2. “She can be very headstrong and obstinate; but I believe she has learned a valuable lesson this day,” he said glaring at Sally


    3. "She's a bit headstrong at times


    4. Now, seven years later, she was a very poised, headstrong, young woman


    5. “Is she always this headstrong, and in possession of this remarkable ability?”


    6. the decorations and also the headstrong girl who made it happen


    7. Father and son in a headstrong and outspoken family


    8. A headstrong youngster at the best of times, Broshee had refused to listen to him, determined to follow her own destiny


    9. “You were always a stubborn, headstrong girl,” he snapped


    10. She helped Beth select a chestnut thoroughbred stallion that snorted eagerly when led from its stall, and which she described as a great mount for an experienced rider but slightly headstrong

    11. The guards were constantly yielding up these stories, riveting for their stark terror which would then circulate through the office until Sinclair show up again to loosen the resolve of the next headstrong individual, and there’d be a new rumor


    12. Ryato kept saying to Ilmal that they could not control her, that she did not respect them, and that she was too headstrong for them to be able to take responsibility for her


    13. “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power” (2 Tim


    14. ” i had been a headstrong teenager causing a lot of friction be-


    15. The little girl was used to me and very headstrong about getting her way


    16. 8 An horse not broken becomes headstrong, and a child left to himself will be wilful


    17. the headstrong beast, but it had no intention of letting some early


    18. “You six and your pets would be wiped out in a moment in any serious engagement! You’re nothing but a pack of foolish, headstrong adolescents! Granted you have considerable strength and talent and power as individuals, but face reality! Now that this alliance is formed, the existing fast reaction units of its nations’ military forces will number tens of thousands of warriors and wizards and dragons! No enemy will attack unless they can match at least that force! For a platoon as small and inexperienced as yours to make any real difference at all, you would have to detect the initiation of hostilities, Translocate there, assess the situation first hand, and be acting accurately with all your power, all within one-quarter of a second after the first advance units of the enemy had Translocated to the site of hostilities!


    19. 1 On account of the sudden and repeated calamities and mischances brethren that have come on us we suppose that we have the more slowly given heed to the things that are disputed among you beloved and to the foul and unholy sedition alien and foreign to the elect of God which a few headstrong and self-willed persons have kindled to such a degree of madness that your venerable and famous name worthy to be loved of all men is greatly blasphemed


    20. Kasturbai was headstrong, did what she thought was right and was prepared to suffer the consequences silently

    21. But this child is headstrong and stiff necked and always the One Lord, with infinite patience, had to guide the wayward child back on the chosen road to a great destiny


    22. He knows he doesn’t need another slave but his wife is headstrong


    23. Her mother could be quite headstrong and when she would make up her mind to do something there would be no stopping her


    24. “It appears that Pyx has run off with Amilla, Taromh’s headstrong, young wife! Some say the pair were seen on the High Road, heading for Zymar, while others say they were spotted boarding a ship bound for Kyrnia


    25. They did not succeed quite so well as Andrew and Peter, but they did much better than would ordinarily be expected of two brothers, especially such headstrong and determined brothers


    26. As a young headstrong


    27. Beautiful but headstrong that’s a girl worth her weight in gold


    28. "1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power


    29. My own sense was that Kejriwal and Anna were both headstrong individuals—a clash was inevitable once the original fervour of the Lok Pal movement died down


    30. Mothers ought never to despair of self-willed, headstrong daughters

    31. “I’ve never, ever, met a woman more headstrong than you


    32. Kate was too proud and headstrong to give in to him because she knew she was right


    33. Alexandra's gentleness reminded Kate of Tony, while Eve was more like her, headstrong and self-sufficient


    34. It didn't feel right to let these two tag along, but he also didn't feel like arguing about it with Finias, who had already proven himself stubborn and headstrong


    35. Shela was mere hours younger than Fionn, but even from that moment, their mother knew that Shela would be the headstrong one


    36. He was a young, hotheaded, arrogant immature headstrong fool


    37. She"s headstrong, and once she makes up her


    38. ’ The idea is that headstrong sinners, both men and women, deeply committed to a life of vice and crime, will be sure to say, 'Oh, there is to be an end to hell-torments, is there? Very well, we are glad to hear it; and we will, therefore, persist in our enjoyments, and risk the consequences


    39. That you were bold, headstrong, in earnest and


    40. I was a boy then, headstrong and violent, and it took a hard lesson to show me my mistake

    41. Ferrars is a very headstrong proud woman, and in her first fit of anger upon hearing it, would very likely secure every thing to Robert, and the idea of that, for Edward's sake, frightens away all my inclination for hasty measures


    42. At fifteen she was the queen of the country side; she had no peer; and she did turn out a haughty, headstrong creature! I own I did not like her, after her infancy was past; and I vexed her frequently by trying to bring down her arrogance: she never took an aversion to me, though


    43. Though I cannot say I made a gentle nurse, and Joseph and the master were no better; and though our patient was as wearisome and headstrong as a patient could be, she weathered it through


    44. Deane watched his headstrong partner and still was at a loss as to where the reckless streak in him came from


    45. And yet what does it amount to! After the water has been suffered so to have its will, for a time, like a headstrong man, it is gathered together by the hand that made it, and a few rods below you may see it all, flowing on steadily toward the sea, as was foreordained from the first foundation of the 'arth!"


    46. "Listen to me," said the countess, "and do not be so very headstrong


    47. But if Master Tommy was headstrong Master Jacky was selfwilled too and, true to the maxim that every little Irishman's house is his castle, he fell upon his hated rival and to such purpose that the wouldbe assailant came to grief and (alas to relate!) the coveted castle too


    48. Cynthia, as gorgeous and headstrong as ever, had succumbed to cancer in 2001, drifting off as Louie pressed his face to hers, whispering, “I love you


    49. For all that, however, it must be acknowledged that Mr Plan was a sincere honest man, only he sometimes lacked the discernment of the right from the wrong; and the consequence was, that, when in error, he was even more obstinate than when in the right; for his jealousy of human nature made him interpret falsely the heat with which his own headstrong zeal, when in error, was ever very properly resisted


    50. " She had done her best to bring him to a more reasonable frame of mind, but he was very headstrong where his emotions or prejudices were concerned
















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    Synonyms for "headstrong"

    froward headstrong self-willed wilful willful unruly dogged determined intractable obstinate pigheaded

    "headstrong" definitions

    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition