indocile
Example Sentences
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Under their instruction he proved as ready a scholar, as he had been indocile and restive to the pedant who held the office of his tutor.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
We, however, thought it best to attempt no persuasion, lest we should aggravate the sullen pride of his character, and render him still more indocile for the future.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis
And again, for it was all the affair of the veriest moment, the slaves rushed once more on their indocile victim.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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
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
