Sentence examples for so docile that from inspiring English sources

At home workers are so docile that Japanese managers are often unprepared for such spats.

Never mind May's council election meltdown, the humiliating AV referendum and atrocious polling, the delegates seemed bafflingly upbeat – so docile that Nick Clegg said it was like speaking to a North Korean conference.

There feels like a high level of truth over artifice when he appears to allow himself anger; partly showing his disgust at abuses of power, and partly because he seems to view people as so docile that they'd rather get worked up over what some guy in a purple suit says in his comedy show.

Sweeney (1961) wrote they are so docile that they "can be handled as freely as any non-venomous species", although this is absolutely not recommended.

But, aside from a random attack here and there, centuries of porridge and prophecy have made the local hyena population so docile that small Harari children breezily wander out to the field to hand-feed scraps to the city's spirit animals.

Even though there are several species so docile that they will probably never bite, there is always a chance for a feeding accident.

Far from it: his warders describe him as so docile and inactive that he could be mistaken for "a piece of furniture".

Did they think that the base was so docile and so gullible that there would be no day of reckoning?

Dexhart refuses because the fake scandal is so docile compared to his real transgressions that it is actually positive press for him.

In fact, as he hits London with all its G20 protests, Obama is probably giving thanks that you are so docile.

"That's because," she snaps, "you're so docile".