How to Use mutinous in a Sentence

mutinous

adjective
  • Chin up, mouth down: the basic demeanor of the mutinous.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The shoot went more than a hundred days over schedule, and the crew nearly turned mutinous.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • The mutinous soldiers in Niger flew to Mali this week, and met with the military junta there.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The English got close in Hudson Bay, before its namesake was left to die in a dinghy by his mutinous crew.
    — Porter Fox, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Mutiny or any mutinous act committed on board a vessel at sea.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 7 June 2019
  • Seems like a good fit for a capable first officer now marred by her mutinous past.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
  • At half-time, Argentina’s match ball was clearly working wonders, and the home crowd were in mutinous shock.
    — SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Prigozhin leading a mutinous march towards Moscow just weeks ago, now dead.
    — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Some were mutinous sailors, and others may have been captured by pirates themselves.
    — National Geographic, 2 July 2020
  • After Delano finally sees the truth his men overwhelm the mutinous slaves.
    — Andrew Delbanco, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
  • How can a mere scent encapsulate the mutinous desires that even the shyest, most genteel among us are harboring these days?
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Niger President Mohamed Bazoum says he is being held hostage by the mutinous soldiers.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • About 100 military members have planned the takeover since August, according to one of the mutinous soldiers.
    — Sam Mednick, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2022
  • About 100 military members have planned the takeover since August, according to one of the mutinous soldiers.
    — Sam Mednick, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2022
  • About 100 military members have planned the takeover since August, according to one of the mutinous soldiers.
    — Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
  • About 100 military members have planned the takeover since August, according to one of the mutinous soldiers.
    — Sam Mednick, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2022
  • About 100 military members have planned the takeover since August, according to one of the mutinous soldiers.
    — NBC News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • About 100 military members have planned the takeover since August, according to one of the mutinous soldiers.
    — Sam Mednick, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Relationships between the mutinous clubs and those left behind will be repaired, at least for now.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Security forces tried to disperse crowds that came out to support the mutinous soldiers.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Restaurant manager Ismet Morgul, 59, said he was taken prisoner by the mutinous soldiers and forced to lie on the ground for hours.
    — Jared Malsin, Time, 14 July 2017
  • The result is a delicious read, both seductive and mutinous.
    — David Dobbs, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017
  • World leaders condemned the mutinous uprisings as attacks on villages and army posts gained steam.
    — Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president of a decade.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2019
  • Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president of a decade.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president of a decade.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president of a decade.
    — Edith M. Lederer, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
  • Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president of a decade.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
  • But one of the mutinous soldiers told AP a group of about 100 soldiers has been secretly planning to overthrow Kabore since August.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Well while dealing with mutinous students hell-bent on staging Macbeth.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2021

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