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

“No, no; people don’t elope when there is neither an inconvenient husband, nor unamenable parents, nor any possible reason why they should not have each other if they wish to.”

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Within sight of the river a mystery, or anything uninvestigated, or aught unamenable to the spirit of the age, would have seemed an anachronism.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

He was almost absolutely unamenable to the Hospital regulations and on that account had to be frequently reprimanded.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard