unamenable

Example Sentences

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He was a worldling, father of a family, unamenable to her teachings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chew Wong was set in his ways and unamenable to suggestion.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Only the rich, the fortunate and the unamenable escaped.

From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Ordinarily, when stools have been frequent for a prolonged period, the case is considered more or less unamenable to treatment.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Privacy, therefore does not by itself make a datum unamenable to scientific treatment.

From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand