INTRACTABLE in a Sentence

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Faith in our collective power to resolve seemingly intractable problems is a gift that should inspire us all this Thanksgiving.

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 Meanings and Examples of INTRACTABLE
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intractable
 a.  difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
Classic Sentence:
1  When he looked about him for another and a less intractable damsel to immortalize in melody, memory produced one with the most obliging readiness.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
2  Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  The spirit which served her was growing intractable: she could neither lay nor control it.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  He has a sullen, rebellious spirit; a violent temper; and an untoward, intractable disposition.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
5  Mihailov again tried to say that that was how he understood Pilate, but his lips quivered intractably, and he could not pronounce the words.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 11
6  "O no," she said, intractably moving to the other side of the decayed fire.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
Example Sentence:
1  The country needs fresh directions and crisp action plans on intractable issues like climate change, energy, security, and defence.
2  Charlie Brown's friend Pigpen was intractable: he absolutely refused to take a bath.
3  Faith in our collective power to resolve seemingly intractable problems is a gift that should inspire us all this Thanksgiving.