indocile
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Gould herself brought the little girl, trying to impress on Mrs. Brownlow that if she was indocile it was not her fault, but her grandfather could not bear to have her crossed.
From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
On these front seats sat the gay and indocile Belgian girls.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
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
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
