headstrong

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.