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

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

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman

Only the rich, the fortunate and the unamenable escaped.

From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph

“No, no; people don’t elope when there is neither an inconvenient husband, nor unamenable parents, nor any possible reason why they should not have each other if they wish to.”

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall