indocile
Example Sentences
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A feeling of sudden, proud self-confidence, an indocile wish to walk unmoved in spite of grim environments, plainly possessed him, and when he reached the wicket-gate he turned in without apparent effort.
From Wessex Tales by Hardy, Thomas
I was indocile at an age When better boys were taught, But thou at length hast made me sage, If I am sage in aught.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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
But the mind of that man must indeed be incurious and indocile, who has either overlooked all these things; or reaped no instruction from the contemplation of them.
From A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations by Mackintosh, James, Sir
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
