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
He was almost absolutely unamenable to the Hospital regulations and on that account had to be frequently reprimanded.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck
There are certain large tracts of life totally unamenable to consciousness.
From The Nature of Goodness by George Herbert Palmer
"Two days," replied Frieda sullenly, unamenable to sympathy which offered no immediate surcease of pain.
From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
