indocile

Example Sentences

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When Arguelles was her governor, she was indocile and refractory; under the care of Olózaga she only remained three months.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.

From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.

When Bossuet tried to educate his indocile pupil the Dauphin, he taught him how God is above man, as man is above the brute.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

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

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 Brontë, Charlotte