Both are known as headstrong leaders unaccustomed to sharing power. From Wordnik.com. [For Pakistan, a Tenuous Accord] Reference
IRP forum, I'm known as headstrong, but still a fairly good debater. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This is especially true for the "headstrong" kids. From Wordnik.com. [How Children Behave at the Dentist, What to Expect] Reference
"He was kind of headstrong about the Marine division.". From Wordnik.com. [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference
They are each - shall we say - "headstrong" in their views. From Wordnik.com. [Hoboken 411] Reference
Taylor, as Newcastle coach Chris Hughton said, can be 'headstrong'. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
The young boy has abandoned his studies and is more "headstrong" than before, the father said. From Wordnik.com. [Institute for War & Peace Reporting:] Reference
RAISING BILL GATES: A "headstrong" child, he required correction that a few would probably call abu …. From Wordnik.com. [Instapundit] Reference
"headstrong" when designing her home, as her father's reservations were right. From Wordnik.com. [Musicrooms.net] Reference
"Mr. Hardee is very headstrong, and set in his ways.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference
Do not, Drew, reproach yourself for my son's headstrong conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
Grandma's a headstrong woman, sometimes impatient and always loyal. From Wordnik.com. [Who's The Daddy? Grandma Didn't Ask.] Reference
Winona Ryder holds center stage as headstrong Jo, the aspiring writer. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Born Kindness] Reference
Her father is shy about expressing emotions to his headstrong daughter. From Wordnik.com. [Grief Crosses All Boundaries] Reference
Peppery, headstrong little Jim went home that night walking very erect. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
The self-willed, headstrong man will likely have the toughest time of any. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
One of nine siblings, he was known as restless and occasionally headstrong. From Wordnik.com. [Let the Good Times Roll] Reference
He seemed the picture of a headstrong teenage boy, still bursting with energy. From Wordnik.com. [Polar Bear] Reference
Edward, a boy of seventeen, passionate and headstrong, but generous and brave. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
But the headstrong Cheney and Rumsfeld seemed to almost relish scoffing at dissent. From Wordnik.com. [Bush in the Bubble] Reference
A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Nonetheless, Charles has reportedly told friends that he worries about his sometimes headstrong son. From Wordnik.com. [Prince Charming] Reference
His parents were poor, indolent, and careless, so that Cha-cha grew up an illiterate, headstrong youth. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Vanessa Paradis is Juliette, a headstrong playgirl in a relationship that doesn't seem to need breaking up. From Wordnik.com. ['Easy A' Aces Comedy (and Hawthorne)] Reference
But anyone would be able to know the headstrong nature of Steve Dowdy, after being in his company for an hour. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
Banks unwilling to bail out his headstrong predecessor came across with new loans to pay off the defaulted notes. From Wordnik.com. [Reversal Of Fortune] Reference
But as soon as it could walk the little Half-Chick showed a most headstrong spirit, worse than any of its brothers. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
He says he never posed the question to the headstrong Messier, "because it would not have made any difference anyway.". From Wordnik.com. [BEST OF THE BEST] Reference
Nan's overcharged, headstrong spirit -- or perhaps she did not hear in the midst of the noise of hoofs and wheels about them. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Idomeneus is a headstrong king, whom Mentor is made by the author to reprove and instruct, for the Duke of Burgundy's benefit. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
In vain did he urge his authority and instructions from the Queen: the bold and headstrong sailors would hear of no restraints. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
This was a question which occurred to the two who so kindly interested themselves in the fate of the unknown and headstrong girl. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
That makes him a leader -- a title he is happy to claim -- but it also makes him headstrong, mercurial and a glutton for the limelight. From Wordnik.com. [Throwing Long] Reference
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