indocile

Example Sentences

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And again, for it was all the affair of the veriest moment, the slaves rushed once more on their indocile victim.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

How superior also the elevated brain of the poodle dog, when compared with that of the indocile, snarling cur!

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable. 

From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

We were alone, and I think I was always less indocile, less unamiable, when there were few witnesses of my behaviour.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary