refractoriness

Example Sentences

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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

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 Richardson, Samuel

It cannot be doubted that a certain refractoriness to form is a typical feature of the Basque character.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

There was only one part of his progress in which Carefinotu showed refractoriness; that was in learning the English language.

From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules