refractoriness
Example Sentences
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From this refractoriness towards a royal ambassador it was thought the most serious results were now to be apprehended.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
I dread the interested refractoriness of your nobles, who cannot all be gratified, and who may be unwilling to submit to the requisite sacrifices.
From Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. Martin
They went of their own free will, tired out by the refractoriness of the people; and we are pretty well aware who urged and incited the underlings on to resist.
From Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel by E. Werner
A horse may be made restless by flies or by martial music, but with no refractoriness; the restive animal impatiently resists or struggles to break from control, as by bolting, flinging his rider, or otherwise.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
Unless you had brought into the world some extraordinary refractoriness to the influence of evil, the process that you have undergone could not easily fail of being efficacious.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 by Various
