refractoriness
Example Sentences
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The disciplinarian, defeated in his attempt on Robinson, was compensated by a rare stroke of good fortune—a case of real refractoriness even this was not perfect, but it answered every purpose.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade
A horse may be made restless by flies or by martial music, but with no refractoriness; the restive animal impatiently resists or struggles to break from control, as by bolting, flinging his rider, or otherwise.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
Donatello's refractoriness as regarded his ears had evidently cost him something, and he now came close to Miriam's side, gazing at her with an appealing air, as if to solicit forgiveness.
From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I considered them, therefore, as beings influenced by the most deplorable obduracy and refractoriness of spirit.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The refractoriness and the indolence of Frau Ceres were very serviceable, at first, in lending to the whole establishment an air of respectability.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
