refractoriness
Example Sentences
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An act of oblivion, as I may call it, shall pass upon all your former refractoriness: and you will once more make us happy in you, and in one another.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson
A horse may be made restless by flies or by martial music, but with no refractoriness; the restive animal impatiently resists or struggles to break from control, as by bolting, flinging his rider, or otherwise.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
From this refractoriness towards a royal ambassador it was thought the most serious results were now to be apprehended.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Five babies at different stages of refractoriness are sprawling about on this strip of floor; they make noises all the time.
From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Amy Carmichael
It is altogether a mistake," said Mrs. Heiberg, absorbed in counting her stitches, "altogether a mistake that genius is marked by restlessness, refractoriness, an irregular life, or the like.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
