unobliging

Example Sentences

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India must be either Shining or Slumdog; and never mind the other bits, the unobliging history or context.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

The elegance and grandeur of the theory, however, persuaded him that the observations must be in error, a conclusion drawn when the observations are unobliging by many other theorists in the history of science.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Says Balzac of the habitant: "...He is a listless and unobliging individual."

From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche

As it was, she resolved to make one last effort to awaken her unobliging spouse to a belated sense of duty.

From Baby Mine by Mayo, Margaret

Patty watched one poor lady, who seemed to be travelling alone, and who continually inquired of the stolid and unobliging porters, "Do you speak English?" and invariably received the reply, "Non, madame; non, madame."

From Patty in Paris by Wells, Carolyn