How to Use rebellion in a Sentence

rebellion

noun

• She's the head of a rebellion against the leaders of the party.
• The king's army suppressed the rebellion.
• The unfair tax laws sparked a rebellion.
• The peasants rose in rebellion.
• Recent election losses have led to open rebellion among some party members, who are calling for a complete change of leadership.
• Most of the time, Wu is in open rebellion against school norms.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
• The pandemic brought with it a wave of rebellion against the 9-to-5 that's hard to shake.
  — Alan Price, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• As for Finnick’s death at the hands of lizard mutts during the rebellion, Claflin still has some thoughts.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
• The rebellion that affirms the value of human life wins the day.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
• Wear it with just about anything to feel a slight thrill of rebellion.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
• As the result of a rebellion within the empire, Nero fled Rome to die.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 29 July 2023
• But the memo did little to quell the growing rebellion in the newsroom.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 20 June 2024
• He hasn't been seen publicly since the rebellion was quelled June 24.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• That set in motion a rebellion resulting in the loss of scores of lives.
  — R.j.m. Blackett, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
• The same plots of rebellion happen over and over again so there’s no sense of real change.
  — Vulture, 11 Sep. 2023
• Instead he was drawn to the angst and rebellion in metal.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2022
• Part Two will show the price of pushing back against the status quo, as well as the hopes that can spring from rebellion.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
• After all, as the trailer says, this is a show about a rebellion.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• So a lot of what Adam and I talked about was that rebellion is like currency between the two of them.
  — ELLE, 8 Apr. 2022
• This looks like righteousness and rebellion — a blast, a boom, a bang.
  — Emily Newhouse, Allure, 27 July 2022
• The rebellion puts Johnson's job at risk if Democrats don't step in to save him if the group of hardliners forces a vote.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2024
• The fact that Ahsoka has her own series at all has a sniff of rebellion about it.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2023
• There was always a slight thirst for rebellion among us.
  — Colleen McKeegan, ELLE, 8 June 2022
• And the third reason is actually the rebellion that the program is known for.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2023
• Once the sound of youthful rebellion, rock ’n’ roll is now part of history, which means Elvis resides in the past, not the present.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
• Some users staged a rebellion, shutting down parts of Reddit for days.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2024
• Contenders to take over from Grayscale have emerged from the ranks of the rebellion, including McClurg’s Valkyrie.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
• One of the mournful elements of the show is that her daughter is the person who has most clearly paid the price of that rebellion.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022
• The brutal crackdown extinguished the rebellion and also served as a warning to anyone else who dared challenge his authority.
  — Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
• Kim was arrested by prosecutors early Wednesday on allegations of playing a key role in a rebellion and committing abuse of power.
  — Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024