indocile

Example Sentences

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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

A passionate temper of spirit is very indocile.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

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 Helps, Arthur, Sir

On these front seats sat the gay and indocile Belgian girls.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary