refractoriness
Example Sentences
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They went of their own free will, tired out by the refractoriness of the people; and we are pretty well aware who urged and incited the underlings on to resist.
From Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel by E. Werner
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
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
An act of oblivion, as I may call it, shall pass upon all your former refractoriness: and you will once more make us happy in you, and in one another.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson
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 Samuel Richardson
