indocile
Example Sentences
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The Empire which made him Senator gained, however, but an indocile recruit.
From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot
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
Over this he had wasted two days, and from that moment I saw it was useless to waste any more of my time and patience in urging a scholar so indocile for the beaten path.
From Friends in Council — First Series by Helps, Arthur, Sir
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.
The untrained and indocile youth, however, is made the subject of compulsory distribution.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
