How to Use mutiny in a Sentence

mutiny

noun
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  • The mutiny was led by the ship's cook.
  • The sailors staged a mutiny and took control of the ship.
  • The game takes place aboard the Artemis ship, which is enduring a bloody mutiny.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • In the late 1990s, he was convicted of sedition and mutiny in connection with the coup and the killings in Gwangju.
    — New York Times, 18 July 2021
  • In the 248-year history of the United States Navy, there has never been a mutiny aboard one of its ships.
    — Gerard Helferich, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • If the Packers don't get Aaron Rodgers a first-round receiver, there should be a mutiny.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021
  • John Garang de Mabior leads a mutiny of army soldiers, reigniting the civil war.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 3 May 2021
  • Still, despite the tumult, in the wake of Prigozhin’s mutiny few are cheering on future coups.
    — Ben Makuch, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
  • The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The story of the shipwreck of an 18th-century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • They were also convicted in 1996 on charges of treason and mutiny for their roles in the coup and the Gwangju massacre.
    — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • There was a mutiny up in Logan, with guys refusing to play and wanting to quit.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Daemon and Corlys look set to lose the war, and even Corlys' own brother starts fomenting a mutiny.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Mali's junta came to power in an August 2020 coup that began as a mutiny at the Kati base.
    — Reuters, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • Paxton has responded to the staff mutiny by promising to launch his own probe.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
  • After the mutiny forced the ship to dock at Dunbar Creek, the enslaved Igbo people walked into the dark waters of the creek, singing all the while.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 5 July 2022
  • During the trial, Grier did not raise the issue of race and made public statements that the mutiny had been proven.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In the wake of that fateful night, the United States Army convicted 110 of the soldiers of murder, mutiny and other crimes.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Two months after leading a mutiny against the Kremlin, a plane carrying Putin’s rival plunges to the ground.
    — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Both the governments of Mali and the CAR have yet to comment on the recent mutiny or how that could affect the group’s future on the continent.
    — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 28 June 2023
  • The rum was portioned out to sailors to keep them happy and mutiny-adverse, and Black Tot founder Sukhinder Singh was lucky enough to obtain the last flagons of liquid.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 July 2022
  • Following the mutiny, a naval board of inquiry was convened, to determine whether the captain had been at fault.
    — Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Putin’s mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin had launched a mutiny.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • There is a mutiny that takes place in space, but mostly there is a father and daughter who are the same age, a dead woman who comes back to life, and a Punch Rockgroin.
    — Courtney Enlow, Vulture, 3 June 2021
  • But the longer term implications of Mr. Prigozhin’s mutiny for Russia’s war in Ukraine are still unclear to most people here.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023
  • The news this week that Putin met with Prigozhin five days after the mutiny suggested that details of the agreement were still being hammered out.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • There were some other problems early on as well, but what a difference a mutiny makes.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The two ex-presidents were convicted of mutiny and treason over the coup and the Gwangju crackdown, as well as corruption.
    — NBC News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The crowds at the Emirates — before the nine silent months of the pandemic — regularly bubbled with mutiny and protest and dissent.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020

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