11. Obstreperous Southern Baptists are not necessarily news.12. In the House, Republicans and Democrats may seem obstreperous but dutifully follow their leaders. 13. Does that give teachers the green light to put a hand on an obstreperous student? 14. Tired of seeing them support the tiny band of obstreperous obstructionists led by Locke Cole. 15. His wife, Patrice, is very clever, very neurotic and very obstreperous when aroused. 16. Starting quarterbacks simply don't lose their jobs as if they were obstreperous office workers. 17. If the Democrats wanted to be obstreperous , they could really make the Senate look leaderless. 18. But critics charged that he gradually became more obstreperous and inclined to niggling interference in political issues. 19. So far, the majority of the board has seemed cowed into silence by this obstreperous pair. 20. The most obstreperous passenger just tunes him out; the others nod and go their separate ways.