refractoriness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He is willing to hope you to be all obedience, and would prevent all incitements to refractoriness.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel

This was all he had to offer to the Father in expiation of his contumely and refractoriness, his errors and his falls.

From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

The sparkle in his dark eyes became a blaze; the expression of defiance and refractoriness on his face was not pleasant to see.

From The Son of His Mother by Viebig, Clara

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 Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

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 Hawthorne, Nathaniel