indocile
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
The Empire which made him Senator gained, however, but an indocile recruit.
From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot
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
