Preposition: as

• allegory: She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

Modifies a noun

• girl: Maggie is a very headstrong, confident girl living in a world ruled by men.

• character: The first Poyntz lord of Iron Acton seems to have been a headstrong character, with little respect for the law.

• man: During his early years at court he had fretted at the tight leash on which Elizabeth kept the headstrong young men about her.

• boy: Set in New York 1939, Andy Whitman is a headstrong 19-year-old shoeshine boy with a yearning to better himself and leave America.

• sibling: The Scaramanga Six is the brainchild of headstrong siblings Paul and Steven Morricone.

• brother: We didn't encounter much opposition for a while - just a few skirmishes with those headstrong Celtic brothers Caratacus and Togodumnus.

Modifying Another Word

• so: In the body, Aries rules the head, partially explaining why they can be so headstrong and subject to high fevers.

• very: Maggie is a very headstrong, confident girl living in a world ruled by men.

• somewhat: Taurus ' influence inclines you to be somewhat headstrong, with a very set and determined manner.

• too: Some of you are too strong, too headstrong, too smart for God to use.

• not: William Elliot Whitmore tho, is nothing if not headstrong and earnestly pushes on, undistracted by the background noise.