refractoriness

Example Sentences

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The walls of the pit were steeply, unstably irregular, varying in pitch and shape with the hardness and refractoriness of the strata composing them.

From The Vortex Blaster by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

This is a triumph of education; refractoriness is overcome.

From The Education of the Child by Key, Ellen

During the reign of King William, Colonel Romer advised the fortification of Rhode Island, which he says had never been done "by reason of the mean condition and refractoriness of the inhabitants."

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

He is willing to hope you to be all obedience, and would prevent all incitements to refractoriness.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel

I dread the interested refractoriness of your nobles, who cannot all be gratified, and who may be unwilling to submit to the requisite sacrifices.

From Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Martin, Benj. N.