indocile

Example Sentences

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

From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot

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

The chambers are indocile for the same reason; encourage every body, and every body will be on your side.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

Under their instruction he proved as ready a scholar, as he had been indocile and restive to the pedant who held the office of his tutor.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

He is a very bold and powerful creature, and becomes more fierce and indocile with age.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George