unobliging

Example Sentences

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India must be either Shining or Slumdog; and never mind the other bits, the unobliging history or context.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

The elegance and grandeur of the theory, however, persuaded him that the observations must be in error, a conclusion drawn when the observations are unobliging by many other theorists in the history of science.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

And I have seen—I know not how many—selfish and unobliging and unsympathetic persons go friendless all their days in spite of wealth and fine appearance.

From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.

I immediately settled to start an agency for this object—somewhat on the principle of ‘Lady Guides’—the full title being ‘The agency for supplying Brothers to brotherless girls, or those with unobliging brothers.’

From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

Never mind," H. O. said, "they'll be sorry enough afterwards, nasty, unobliging things, because now they won't see the circus.

From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)