Sentence examples for be docile from inspiring English sources

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be docile

adjective

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

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I thought he'd be docile, a sort of cat-dog.

"They appear to be docile, but they're not".

Elephants can be docile but are also prone to bouts of rage if agitated.

When she was refusing to be docile in hospital, she would have been a handful.

They were also expected to be docile, complacent, and ornamental; the brightest jewel in the king's crown.

The bees proved to be docile and friendly, even as we unloaded a bunch of their hard-earned honey.

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Ricky is docile.

"We are docile," Mr. Bwalya said.

"The first are docile and miserable people...

"The sharks were docile," she said.

In the first half, the fans were docile enough.

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