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

Not that he is no longer a member of society nor unamenable to its general laws, but that he has become a respectable declasse, as it were.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

There are certain large tracts of life totally unamenable to consciousness.

From The Nature of Goodness by Palmer, George Herbert

"He's engaged upon the Lord's work," she had replied, and proved unamenable to all further interrogation.

From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George