indocile
Example Sentences
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Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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 Hamilton Wright Mabie
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 Charlotte Mary Yonge
We were alone, and I think I was always less indocile, less unamiable, when there were few witnesses of my behaviour.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
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 Sir Arthur Helps
