1 In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.

2 Many teachers dislike insubordinate children.

3 The men became mutinous and insubordinate.

4 The professor cited several instances of insubordinate behavior.

5 That's an insubordinate response.

6 A pity that they chose such an insubordinate path for themselves.

7 Do as mother says. If you are insubordinate, father will probably hear of it.

8 This morning at about nine o' clock, forewoman No. 2, Wang Chin-chen, ran into my office to report that Yao Chin-feng in Row No. 12 had made a mistake and was being insubordinate about it.

9 These are not stories of abusive familial situations, nor of insubordinate young women.