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Example sentences for "mutinous"

Lexicographically close words:
mutineer; mutineers; mutinie; mutinied; mutinies; mutiny; mutism; mutt; mutter; muttered
  1. Why should the hatchways be so hermetically closed as though a mutinous crew was imprisoned between decks?

  2. Other merchants and commanders have suffered from pirates and mutinous crews before your day," he was informed at every turn.

  3. Levy briefly related the story of the mutiny and his hope to pursue and punish his mutinous crew.

  4. Just as he had persisted in bringing his mutinous crew to punishment, now he showed the same determination in insisting that a court of inquiry be established to question the justice of his court-martial.

  5. They are but mutinous dogs; let them perish.

  6. Renewed cheering greeted this announcement, though, knowing that Captain Jeremy was not a man to encourage a carouse, I wondered at his action, especially at such a time, when there was danger from a known mutinous party in our midst.

  7. Illyria without distinction, and next year Caesar sent him to treat with the mutinous legions in Campania, where he narrowly escaped assassination.

  8. They were harassed and worn to death, and the most mutinous and discontented spirit prevailed throughout the ship.

  9. He obeyed, but was very sullen, and I heard many mutinous expressions among the men.

  10. Mr. Carvel had many a brush with the mutinous first lieutenant Simpson.

  11. This man having before shown his mutinous and insolent behaviour, I was under the necessity of confining him to his cabin.

  12. Bligh mentions, in his printed narrative, the mutinous conduct of a person to whom he gave a cutlass to defend himself.

  13. The following chapter will detail the facts of the mutinous proceedings as stated by the Lieutenant, in his own words.

  14. The carpenter (Purcell) began to be insolent to a high degree, and at last told me, with a mutinous aspect, he was as good a man as I was.

  15. One person, in particular, went so far as to tell me, with a mutinous look, that he was as good a man as myself.

  16. On this day, on a complaint of the master, I found it necessary to punish Matthew Quintal, one of the seamen, with two dozen lashes, for insolence and mutinous behaviour.

  17. Alarmed at the mutinous condition of the other ships which were anchored near to him, and the symptoms of dissatisfaction in his own, he proceeded to an act of unjustifiable severity, evidently impelled by fear and not by resolution.

  18. Of an amiable and obliging disposition, he could always be relied upon to escort married women with mutinous husbands, and ladies who had none, mutinous or otherwise.

  19. The governor and the visitor in turn addressed them, pointing out “the shame and disrepute they were bringing on themselves and the institution by their mutinous conduct.

  20. During this night, too, in noise and violence the several prisoners in the dark exceeded, if possible, their accustomed mutinous conduct.

  21. The mere fact of bringing together in this way a mass of juvenile rascality, without adequate means of restraint, was to open the door to mutinous combinations and defiant conduct.

  22. This method," writes the doughty Woodes, "I deemed best for breaking any unlawful friendship among the mutinous crew.

  23. Newmon Confined for mutinous expression Set out early proceeded on, passd.

  24. It had been arranged between the captain and Mr. Lummis that this precaution regarding the arms should be taken when the crew was thus divided, so that we should have the means of coping with any mutinous outbreak.

  25. And Tristram wondered why her mutinous mouth had quivered and her eyes become full of mist.

  26. For Zara sat frowning, her mouth mutinous and her eyes black as night.

  27. He knew what the Regiment thought about his action; and, when the troopers offered to buy the Drum-Horse, he said that their offer was mutinous and forbidden by the Regulations.

  28. In one of his letters to the queen, he congratulates himself on being "freed from the place of all mutinous motions, his mongrel parliament.

  29. He repressed their mutinous spirit, and bade them obey the parliament, as he should do.

  30. It was doubtless rather in a mutinous spirit, which had spread widely through the army, and contributed to its utter ruin in the next campaign.

  31. The cabal, however, began to take air, from the premature mutinous language of those concerned.

  32. McDowell sacrificed to the Yanitschars; he is the scapegoat and the victim to popular fallacy, to the imbecility of the press, and, above all, to the intriguers and to the conspiracy of the mutinous pets of McClellan.

  33. The conduct of the mutinous generals here is similar to the conduct of some of the French generals during the battle of Ligny and Quatre-Bras.

  34. Towards this spot, also, did Gascoyne turn the prow of the cutter Wasp in pursuit of his mutinous first mate.

  35. It is no friendly environment this of thine, in the waste deep waters; around thee mutinous discouraged souls, behind thee disgrace and ruin, before thee the unpenetrated veil of Night.

  36. Back into the boat: back, you mutinous scoundrels!

  37. Mutinous language was freely used, threats uttered aloud, and for awhile all discipline appeared to have departed from the ship.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mutinous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    averse; breakaway; cursory; defiant; differing; disagreeing; disinclined; disobedient; disorderly; extreme; factious; forced; fractious; headstrong; heady; indisposed; inflammatory; insubordinate; insurgent; insurrectionary; involuntary; irresponsible; lawless; licentious; mutinous; opposed; perfunctory; rampant; rebel; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; resistant; revolutionary; riotous; seditious; subversive; sullen; traitorous; treasonable; turbulent; unaccountable; unbridled; unchecked; uncontrolled; uncurbed; undisciplined; ungoverned; unrestrained; unruly; unwilling; wildcat; willful