docile
Example Sentences
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For her students, Reyes said every day out of the classroom is a day closer to delivery, or to the day their babies grow from docile infants into demanding toddlers.
From Los Angeles Times
The toil of England's bowlers on a docile pitch was made harder by captain Ben Stokes not joining the attack because of his troublesome left knee.
From BBC
Kucinich discovered that the press was not only docile, but complicit.
From Salon
The harder she looks, the more she sees beneath the “docile surface” of the streets.
From Washington Post
The docile South American rodents, which have ears similar to humans, are a key model for hearing studies.
From Science Magazine
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