I was a stubborn child with a lot of reason to feel confidence.

"Sit," he said, as if to a stubborn child, and she did.

At seven years of age, Mark was deemed a "stubborn child," and locked up.

He has been treated like a stubborn and not very bright child.

The dinosaur is used in the story to represent a stubborn child who does not want to go to bed.

He had changed from a stubborn child into a brave and passionate young man.

Kirk sighed, the way a parent might with a stubborn child.

I asked again as he clung to my hand with one of his and dragged me like a stubborn child.

The man's tone was petulant as that of a stubborn child.

Her protest was now in the voice of a stubborn child.