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    Use "docile" in a sentence

    docile example sentences

    docile


    1. When we think of meek, we think of mild, deferring, quiet, lowly, placid, soft, and docile


    2. say that the Lottodung is a harmless but not a docile creature”


    3. Afterwards she seemed almost docile, snuggling up to him and sleeping for a time


    4. He was quiet, gentle, and had a docile


    5. Instead, she was docile


    6. The Fairies had defeated the worker Bees, docile and normally cordial


    7. Ruminating as they chewed their cud and nursed the young, who were covered with a blanket of long, soft-looking pink fur, they seemed docile enough


    8. “That's just stupid me shouting my mouth off, but who would have thought Kanako would become a docile housewife


    9. The pattern is that of docile animals seeking each day their daily bread from the hands of the State, grateful for their subsistence, afraid to speak out


    10. It was with a matter of pride, and some trepidation, that she confessed this to Marilee at the next function, but to her surprise, Marilee accepted her docile role in their lives

    11. She was docile and well-behaved, but would


    12. She was a little old lady, fragile and docile


    13. The docile board ratified quickly Park’s agenda, except in real estate and facility management, where some members had definite ideas of their own and plenty of expertise,” Johnnie said


    14. The Miles were stunned by the speech of their once obedient and docile daughter


    15. seen them as a docile, harmless animal – but nothing in between


    16. Used to transporting drunks and minor crims they used the same tactics on Mark who appeared to be docile


    17. The mothers were docile and willing to share their babies


    18. Once these eagles were blinded this way, they would become docile and be ready for the vet’s activity


    19. It was soft and fluffy, its fur blew in the wind, and the creature was very docile


    20. They were large, but docile; in their mouths the mother and father had their cubs, carrying them along the golden desert

    21. Anyway, as far as he was concerned, Canadians were sort of a docile lot so there was no need to worry about thieves and the like


    22. Her tone had changed from docile to angry


    23. V began to see I couldn"t really do too much and as long as he gave me enough cash to continue living with him and my girl in Canberra rent a house in Wollongong and have some spending money I would be basically docile


    24. Despite their name, they were kind and docile creatures


    25. loving and affectionate, have a good temperament, docile,


    26. A content Whippet is docile, loving, and affectionate


    27. appear calm, docile and friendly for months or years-on-end and


    28. Rachel couldn't help letting out a giggle at the site of her abusers in such a docile and embarrassing pose


    29. Armed security guards fired shots into the air to frighten the animals and not only did Phoebe’s entourage become more docile, they put their hands up


    30. Went and Bo played the docile and wimpy councilmen who would agree to anything Hurd wanted

    31. expanding market of competition and are kept fairly docile


    32. shoulders, but she remained there, confused and docile, as she tried to make


    33. So he put it on in a docile,


    34. docile beast and so he was talked to and ejected and given a month ban from


    35. S tasted the madness that is the Islamic fundamentalism on 9/11, one Western social scientist wondered what it might take the Jews and the Hindus to live in the Muslim surroundings! Why it is for the Indian Musalmans to think whether that image is okay with them; they might as well ask themselves the valid question - instead of leading a harmonious life in the Indian society, how come they provoke the disinterested, if not docile, Hindu majority into a retaliatory mode? Well, the Musalmans, obsessed as they are with growing beards and wearing burkas, so as to keep their Islamic identity intact, don’t seem to care two hoots for what others think about their separatist attitudes


    36. Isn’t that what Dayna had told him so many times? The need for us to be docile? In their


    37. hadn’t always been docile! As a matter of fact, he hadn’t! He had


    38. had that idea of escaping, this didn’t conform to a correct thought process, it wasn’t a docile way to think and act! Was that why he


    39. He jabbed a finger toward one side of the chamber, where an uncharacteristically docile Viirin stood attentively turning a long spit over the glowing fire pit


    40. “From what I’ve been told, this newly discovered species, who call themselves umers, is much more docile and herd-like than even the hoomans

    41. The average person is entirely innocent of any deep thinking; he accepts the ideas of others and repeats them in very much the same way as a parrot; this is readily seen when we understand the method which is used to form public opinion and this docile attitude on the part of a large majority, who seem perfectly willing to let a few persons do all their thinking for them, is what enables a few men in a great many countries to usurp all the avenues of power and hold the millions in subjection


    42. Why do the great majority in every country remain the docile and apparently willing tools of the few?


    43. Until recently they were docile and subservient


    44. Normally they were a docile breed who accepted their lot in life but


    45. He was sleek and docile,


    46. The problem was that the mares were completely docile and would be no match for Ares’ steeds


    47. “It’s odd how some are pretty docile while others are so violent,” Paige said


    48. “Do you think I should wait out there?” she asked in a docile whisper


    49. Temperament / Behavior : For triggers, these could be considered one of the more docile but


    50. Ultimately, the docile head won





































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    Synonyms for "docile"

    docile gentle teachable trained tame harmless submissive mild

    "docile" definitions

    willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed


    ready and willing to be taught


    easily handled or managed