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Meanings of wayward in английском

Resistant to guidance or discipline.

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Usage of wayward in английском
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Perhaps the biggest alterations involve the health conditions of the wayward lovers.
Reuters
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And he almost did, despite a wayward drive, and the short approach.
The Guardian
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Homeowner associations typically have the right to place liens against wayward residents.
Reuters
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She was fourteen at this time; altogether exquisite and charming and wayward.
Aladdin O'Brien
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I have been wayward at times; I beg pardon of you all.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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I touched her pulse; it was beating with a wayward, fluttering gentleness.
Basil
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Never before had the soul of the wayward girl been so stirred.
Hope and Have; or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians: A Story for Yo...
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Surely the bishops might now give similar advice to their wayward clergy?
The Irish Times
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Brilliant in so many ways but in the end, like wayward children.
Alien: Covenant
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There was still something homely and wayward and definitely personal about him.
O Pioneers!
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Now Margaret began to grow disturbed; her wayward assurance departed from her.
Fair Margaret
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It's our job to bring the wayward sects back into the fold.
The fifth servant
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The Company now resolved to impose upon the wayward an iron restraint.
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
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I am a wayward shepherd who has left all his flock behind.
Gods go begging
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You need a haircut, she says lightly, yanking a wayward blond tuft.
Those who save us
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His only real contribution to Liverpool's attack had been one wayward cross.
News.com.au
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
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