indocile
Example Sentences
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He had a most indocile temperament, rebellious to tradition, in no sense Roman.
From Characters and events of Roman History by Ferrero, Frances Lance
The inhabitants were not indocile nor were they wanting in conception; but since they had been blessed with no light without themselves, they groped in the thickest darkness.
A passionate temper of spirit is very indocile.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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 Mabie, Hamilton Wright
In your morbid hypercriticalness, you may wish this indocile, undisguisable, and most unsheltered feature had been made a little longer, or a little shorter, or a little wider, or not quite so wide.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
