Sentence examples for been docile from inspiring English sources

Egyptians have been docile even by Islamic standards.

(Billings's own horses would not have been docile enough).

She attended Bible classes, as though she were trying to become the girl she had never been: docile, polite, the daughter of a man of God.

If these youths had been docile, compliant, agreeable, there would have been no debate.

On 1 April, Alexander addressed Sénat conservateur which had previously been docile to Napoleon but under Talleyrand's prodding had turned against him.

While some accreditors have long been docile in the face of for-profit college abuses, they are now starting to realize that such passivity will no longer play in a world where government overseers, such as Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), are increasingly paying attention.

Ricky is docile.

"We are docile," Mr. Bwalya said.