In a sentence
Six example sentences with contumacious, each labelled with its topic.
The contumacious witness ignored three separate orders to appear and finally sent a letter refusing to attend at all.
Law
A contumacious abbot refused the king's inspectors for eleven years and barred the gates each time they rode up.
History
The play's contumacious daughter tears up her father's decree onstage and walks out before he finishes reading it.
Literature
The contumacious forward waved off the coach's play call twice in one quarter and finished the game on the bench.
Basketball
A contumacious governor ignored the federal order for months, and the standoff ended only when funding was withheld.
Politics
The film's contumacious cadet disobeys every instructor on purpose, and the audience is meant to cheer each time.
Movies
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