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are docile
adjective
Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
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"We are docile," Mr. Bwalya said.
"The first are docile and miserable people...
Lemurs are docile, gregarious animals; some species live in groups of 10 or more.
Sheep are docile, but few people keep them as pets.Brian Hare, of Harvard University, thinks he knows.
Yet this regime is no conventional tyranny, any more than Iranians are docile subjects who can be easily repressed.
Unlike Latin America in the past, China has a record of fiscal prudence and trade unions are docile.
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Ricky is docile.
"The sharks were docile," she said.
In the first half, the fans were docile enough.
Egyptians have been docile even by Islamic standards.
"They appear to be docile, but they're not".
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