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Meanings of froward in английском
Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
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Examples for "wilful"
Examples for "wilful"
1
She was not wilful; she was not obstinate; she gave him affection.
2
But the wilful strain in his nature set all prudence at defiance.
3
The second charge of wilful murder has been proved against the accused.
4
On the threshold stood the beautiful, high-spirited and wilful Duchess of Osterley.
5
The general effect was of extraordinary lavish profusion-ofwilful, splendid, careless extravagance.
1
Yes; at this headstrong council; and I have seen him since; alone.
2
A headstrong approach will almost definitely rub others up the wrong way!
3
These details exhibit in the boy the headstrong independence of the man.
4
The headstrong young woman persisted in exhibiting the utmost contempt for her.
5
A month later the headstrong galloper won by 15 lengths at Punchestown.
1
What possible response could he give to a willful denial of reason?
2
He loved Inez for her willful and methodical rejection of common sense.
3
It did not seem possible so willful a misunderstanding could be maintained.
4
He said he also deserved punitive damages because the infringement was willful.
5
Other parents think that their child's inattention is more willful than chemical.
1
I never saw so perverse and self-willed a child in my life.
2
These people are also terribly head-strong and self-willed in all they do.
3
The self-willed, headstrong man will likely have the toughest time of any.
4
Why must the heart be so imperious and self-willed in these matters?
5
I was beginning to find out that Carrie could be self-willed sometimes.
Usage of froward in английском
1
There is nothing froward or formidable in the aspect of Dublin Castle.
2
Perhaps, there are other hearts equally froward and wayward with my own.
3
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
4
They must not be froward and peevish, nor defraud others of their right.
5
How, then, can the godly be differentiated under such circumstances from the froward?
6
If froward men should refuse this cure, can they vitiate anything but themselves?
7
The company said it was consulting with stakeholders regarding "the way froward".
8
A froward child, and I trust that Goodman Holbrook will not spare the rod.
9
Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.
10
Why 't is no more than cheating a froward child into taking 's physic.
11
In Abraham God chose to himself a peculiar people: who neuertheles were froward, and obstinate.
12
Likewise we have dissension among ourselves, and a constant strife with the froward human heart.
13
Perhaps her deportment was inevitably calculated to instil into me a froward and refractory spirit.
14
Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward?
15
Say, are they froward, and wild, and unjust, or hospitable and of a god-fearing mind?
16
Nay, marble is not so coy as froward beauty!
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