unmanageableness

Example Sentences

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For those things, whose unmanageableness, even when represented on paper, makes one gasp with a sort of amused horror, were manned by men who are his direct professional ancestors.

From The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph

The French Government was highly offended at the insubordination and unmanageableness of the Flibustiers in Hispaniola, and no one was more so than the French King, Louis XIV.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James

In a moment the animal stood still and quiet, and his quick panting and reeking condition was all that remained of his previous unmanageableness.

From Undine by Bunnett, Fanny Elizabeth

Next, the unmanageableness of most Objects, by reason of their smalness, 3.

From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert

Your servant gives me a dreadful account of your raving unmanageableness.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Richardson, Samuel