indocile
Example Sentences
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A passionate temper of spirit is very indocile.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary
We were alone, and I think I was always less indocile, less unamiable, when there were few witnesses of my behaviour.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
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
Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.
