Sentence examples for with docility from inspiring English sources

We have spent decades attempting to design computers to carry out our will politely, with docility.

In general, his audiences, accustomed to rewritings of Shakespeare, accepted his "improvements" with docility: they at least had the merit of keeping the plays on the stage by suiting them to the taste of the time.

Often, a girl is not considered an adult in a FGM-practicing society unless she has undergone FGM, and the "removal of the clitoris and labia – viewed by some as the male parts of a woman's body – is thought to enhance the girl's femininity, often synonymous with docility and obedience".

Affability combined with dignity Mildness with firmness Bluntness with respectfulness Ability with reverence Docility with boldness Straightforwardness with gentleness Easiness with discrimination Vigour with sincerity Valour with goodness.

They will not put up with the kind of treatment their parents have accepted with political docility.

You'd face the same issue of balancing starvation with satisfied docility, easy distraction via decoy food, and potential hostility towards each other if over-hungry or over-crowded.

But you can be expected to respond to the attendant's intransigence with more than docility.

The same is true for the folks on "Honey," who accept Dr. Hark's humiliations with the unquestioning docility of viewers who have logged in hours and hours of Oprah and Jerry Springer.

In ancient China and 14th-century Venice, high heels enforced female docility, with construction so precarious that women had to hobble around aided by walking canes or husbands.

On one hand, a minority among the population show resignation and docility with respect to these "fables" and passively continue receiving water once every 14 days and buying water from roving tank owners to satisfy their needs.

With the addition of the docility hypothesis [ 8], stating that those with lower personal competencies are more vulnerable to environmental press whereas those with higher competencies can withstand greater environmental press, the ETA has become one of the most influential person-environment fit theories.