unpliable

Example Sentences

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These jack-boots were as solid and unpliable as iron, square-toed and clumsy of shape.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

How grotesque her features were, so hard and unpliable seemed her flesh.

From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron

It must be observed that the formal and unpliable nature of the Roman cult made it quite unable to meet the requirements of advancing enlightenment.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

Its furniture was almost entirely of the same date as the house, which means dingy carpets, curtains of harsh and unpliable stuff, and immense catafalques of mahogany in the shape of sideboards, arm-chairs, and beds.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

She had no notion of a joke, sir; had come late into life, and had a mighty unpliable understanding.

From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Boswell, James