amenability

Example Sentences

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Then again, the amenability of these husbands to their wives' vision could be a more determinative factor.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2022

“The only real factor which is now determinative is amenability to treatment.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

It also says a lot about Oshie’s versatility and amenability.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2021

Lauren Bauser, an assistant state appellate defender, noted the “evolving” standards in courts and legislatures regarding young offenders, ensuring that their prison sentences are proportionate to their culpability and their amenability to rehabilitation.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2021

This same unsensitiveness to routine had enhanced his value with Slocum-Hines from delivery boy at fifteen to second-assistant buyer at twenty-five, an amenability, however, that threatened to pauperize him of any capacity for play.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie