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

Within sight of the river a mystery, or anything uninvestigated, or aught unamenable to the spirit of the age, would have seemed an anachronism.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

He was almost absolutely unamenable to the Hospital regulations and on that account had to be frequently reprimanded.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard

This datu informed me that he anticipated trouble, as the Ma�ggu��gan was of a different breed, being at times altogether unamenable to reason.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.