How to Use rebel in a Sentence

rebel

1 of 3 adjective
  • The rebel run is the biggest of them all.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As with the rebel golf tour, much of sports is about the money.
    — New York Times, 28 July 2022
  • The rebel reporter who was obsessed with booze, drugs and guns?
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, there’s a rebel streak in the sport that refuses to die.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Richardson flew in an old cargo plane to meet the rebel leader.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Pushback from the squares only raised his rebel appeal among the young.
    — Alex Williams, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Within days, Syria's once-largest city was in rebel hands.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026
  • Violent rebel groups and drug smugglers are known to hide out in the region.
    — Longreads, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Deep in the jungle, rebel groups have taken the fight to the military.
    — Sandi Sidhu, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The Houthis are a rebel movement that controls much of Yemen’s north.
    — Ali Al-Mujahed, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Many were rebel fighters from other countries.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Their boldness is one of many strengths that has earned them their rebel reputation.
    — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Tehran also backs the rebel Houthis in a bloody war with the Saudis in Yemen.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 July 2022
  • Soon, the arrival of a rebel warlord Jasper tilts the odds in Jabi’s favor.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • As rebel and former regime forces bisected regions and cities, people left their homes.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
  • As a result, the book swarms with white-armored stormtroopers and ragtag rebel legions.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 6 July 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
  • The county has been scarred by endless fighting involving rebel forces.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Tehran also sponsored the rebel Houthis in a bloody war with the Saudis in Yemen.
    — CBS News, 13 July 2022
  • The Libyan dictator was ousted and killed by rebel forces in 2011.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The image, known as the rebel loon, blends the outline of a loon with the familiar rebellion emblem.
    — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The nine installations to be renamed, all in former rebel states, have been a discussion point for years.
    — Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • China also claims that Taiwan is a rebel force with which it will be united – by force if necessary.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 9 July 2023
  • Back in 2013, there had been nearly a thousand rebel groups, an alphabet soup of acronyms.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • An excerpt from the article reads; To be effective against this rebel group, the marines needed to adapt.
    — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Two others were also killed, according to rebel group M23.
    — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Hitler and Mussolini rushed bomber squadrons, tanks, artillery and other help to the rebel officers.
    — Adam Hochschild, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
  • After all, in Andor, a rebel alliance pushes back against an emperor.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025

rebel

2 of 3 noun
  • Yusuf too will soon join Khalid in the rebel group.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Your whole body rebels against the effort.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • What’s the rebel’s latest cause?
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
  • As the years tick by, the lips become a bit of a rebel.
    — Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Morrison was now a rebel with a cause.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Luke and his rebels arrive in trucks with even more monsters.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Mozilla has long viewed itself as a rebel.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Thing rebels against his master and yanks out his clockwork heart.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • About six days into his protest, the rebels let Panahi and his friends go.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Chance understands why some kids rebel.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 14 May 2026
  • Most of the videos appear to have been filmed and shared by the rebels themselves.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Norm is one of Vault 33’s few skeptics or rebels.
    — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 10 June 2026
  • These are Loyalists who have been killed by rebels.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Torres lasted only a few months in the rebel ranks.
    — Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The rebels also fired drones at Israel.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Daisy is a young rebel, ready to fight viciously for the end of Gilead.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The rebels had a scant chance of recognizing him.
    — Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On the first day of the revolt, the rebels burned down sixteen sugar mills.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The rebels were fully aware of these other colonies and sought to include them.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • But how exactly does one rebel using their wardrobe?
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Jesus was an immigrant and a rebel.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 May 2026
  • There are many other emotions that may cause a teen to break rules and rebel against their parents.
    — Staff Author, Parents, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There was a buffer zone where French soldiers were and then the north was held by rebel groups.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Dylan The ultimate high school rebel with a heart of gold.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 9 June 2026
  • Dylan The ultimate high school rebel with a heart of gold.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The rebels have reported two cases.
    — ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • The rebels have reported two cases.
    — Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • The rebels have reported two cases.
    — CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • The rebels have reported two cases.
    — Jean-Yves Kamale, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • The rebels had reached the suburbs of Damascus, and there was not a moment to lose.
    — Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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.
  • It is also feared that teenagers would rebel against such drudgery.
    — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The teenagers were rebelling, like teenagers are supposed to.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Children will rebel against their parents and may even grow their hair long.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Jan. 2022
  • On top of all that, the West Coast states and cities rebelled.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2020
  • One option would be to rebel and try to prove its assumptions false.
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Dawn wanted to rebel in order to do better.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The mixed messages are part of why some business owners rebel.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Part of me likely wanted to rebel against what my older sister liked, too.
    — Charlotte Cho, Marie Claire, 29 June 2021
  • Who is left for Democrats to rebel against, beyond the president?
    — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The replimoids rebelled against their creators and have been hanging around ever since.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The school’s students and faculty rebelled, and the takeover failed.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Of course, such projects are big-budget one-offs, designed to rebel against featureless cityscapes.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Pushing the people in your domestic sphere to bend to your will could provoke them to rebel.
    — Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
  • We may be tempted to rebel against authority or lash out against others.
    — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 5 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • Her daughter, Rose (Aubrey Dollar) is a good girl who wants to rebel.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
  • One such angel, however, decided to rebel against this way of life.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In the West, some are rebelling by turning against progressivism.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 24 Nov. 2023
  • These fears lead them to rebelling against the technology overall.
    — Staff Author, Parents, 7 June 2026
  • The only possible solution was to rebel against it.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • 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
  • Galactico stars are allowed to rebel against their coach’s instructions.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Along the way, there have been some notable schisms, as artists rebelled against country’s rules and expectations.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Certainly not gonna help convince the supe community not to rebel against humankind when that comes out.
    — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The theory alleges that the colonists later rebelled against the empire.
    — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023

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