indocile
Example Sentences
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But it was an indocile, a scornful, and a sarcastic face—the face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
A feeling of sudden, proud self-confidence, an indocile wish to walk unmoved in spite of grim environments, plainly possessed him, and when he reached the wicket-gate he turned in without apparent effort.
From Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
Mrs. Gould herself brought the little girl, trying to impress on Mrs. Brownlow that if she was indocile it was not her fault, but her grandfather could not bear to have her crossed.
From Magnum Bonum by Charlotte Mary Yonge
He wished to reveal by one great example all that heresy can do, how indocile and independent it naturally is, how fatal to royalty and to any legitimate authority.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
He had a most indocile temperament, rebellious to tradition, in no sense Roman.
From Characters and events of Roman History by Frances Lance Ferrero
