refractoriness
- a word derived from refractory.
Example Sentences
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And he only gave way after Bartek's refractoriness also had been softened by unusual eloquence on Porankiewicz's part.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
During the reign of King William, Colonel Romer advised the fortification of Rhode Island, which he says had never been done "by reason of the mean condition and refractoriness of the inhabitants."
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
It cannot be doubted that a certain refractoriness to form is a typical feature of the Basque character.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
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 Werner, E.
Calvin and Farel resisted; their political enemies made a pretext of this refractoriness to exile them from Geneva, whence they were banished for some years.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
