"A nice cup of tea," he said, in a voice to soothe the most recalcitrant child.
"I wasn't feeling sorry for myself," he said softly, sounding just ever so slightly like a recalcitrant child.
The master of the mages continued, as if talking to recalcitrant children.
Did you just shrug it all off as the discipline needed to control a recalcitrant child?
She was three years his senior, but she treated him as a teacher would a recalcitrant child.
A look at those hard numbers might be enough to push a recalcitrant child into college.
He spoke to her as to a recalcitrant child.
The doctor was watching him as she would a recalcitrant child.
She spoke as a mother to a recalcitrant child, demanding obedience.
Parents often scolded their recalcitrant children to be more like David and to stay out of trouble.