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

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

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

From The Nature of Goodness by Palmer, George Herbert

It belongs to some one else, and therefore is unamenable to discipline.

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman