indocile

Example Sentences

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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

How often," she says, "have I heard my sister Maria remark, 'Si mon père n'avait pas été si sévère avec moi, je n'aurais rien fait de bon; j'étais paresseuse et indocile.'

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

In your morbid hypercriticalness, you may wish this indocile, undisguisable, and most unsheltered feature had been made a little longer, or a little shorter, or a little wider, or not quite so wide.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

Indeed, the child had always been wayward and strange, and especially indocile to Edith's instructions, although she seemed at times to have a strong affection for her.

From Delusion, or The Witch of New England by Lee, Eliza Buckminster

The Empire which made him Senator gained, however, but an indocile recruit. 

From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot