refractoriness

Example Sentences

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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 Carmichael, Amy

Donatello's refractoriness as regarded his ears had evidently cost him something, and he now came close to Miriam's side, gazing at her with an appealing air, as if to solicit forgiveness.

From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

There was only one part of his progress in which Carefinotu showed refractoriness; that was in learning the English language.

From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules

They went of their own free will, tired out by the refractoriness of the people; and we are pretty well aware who urged and incited the underlings on to resist.

From Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel by Werner, E.

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 Ingemann, Bernhard Severin