How to Use rebellious streak in a Sentence
rebellious streak
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Miller is a river guide whose air of competence is laced with a rebellious streak.
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Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Young Ted forged his rebellious streak at, of all places, a military academy and went on to attend Brown University as a classics major.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 May 2026
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Struggling to fit in and wrestling with a rebellious streak, the teen makes one bad decision after another, with his downward trajectory changed by the titular disabled man, played by Oskar Seeman.
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Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
26 June 2026
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Freedom, Experimentation, and the Marijuana Mile Colorado’s rebellious streak did not end with the frontier.
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Lindsey Granger - 02,
The Hill,
19 Feb. 2026
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Based on the Julia Quinn book series, Jessie stars in the show as Eloise Bridgerton, the fifth child in the Bridgerton family known for her rebellious streak and strong desire to break from traditional norms for women.
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Joe Otterson,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Cruise reprises his role as Maverick — whose rebellious streak has remained — and is now tasked with training Top Gun graduates, including his old partner Goose's son, Rooster (Miles Teller), who bears a striking resemblance to his father.
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Jan. 2026
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