indocile
Example Sentences
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Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
But it was an indocile, a scornful, and a sarcastic face—the face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
The untrained and indocile youth, however, is made the subject of compulsory distribution.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
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
As instances of the first statement, the elephant is actually, and in his real circus life, an indocile and malicious beast, prone to blind rages, revenges, and sly malice.
From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various
