Examples of 'docile' in a sentence
Meaning of "docile"
Docile (adjective) describes a person or animal who is easily manageable, submissive, or obedient
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- Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
How to use "docile" in a sentence
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She will be as docile as befits her age.
A docile patient who rarely asks questions.
I like to see you docile as you are presently.
Docile and alert with a pleasant temperament.
They become docile on the third day.
Docile in nature but will bite if provoked.
Man must be kept docile and unwarlike.
Very docile and sometimes a little stubborn.
You are like a docile and soft cloud.
I will never know why they are so docile.
Are more docile when kept at lower temperatures.
The hearts of children are docile and precious.
I am so docile and gentle beneath its caress.
We decided to make it female so it would be more docile.
These are more docile and easier to tackle.
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It is quite easy to tame and is generally docile.
You become docile under the blanketry.
His successor is said to be considerably more docile.
Samà was docile and obedient to her mother.
They are at their most docile at that time.
They are docile and cows calve easily.
This wild boy is now docile as a lamb.
More docile but also more somber.
She would become docile and mute.
It is docile on contact and prefers to eat alone.
They are amazingly intelligent and very docile.
Hentzi is a rather docile and nonaggressive species.
They look all soft and docile.
Sit like a docile girl to marry you.
They drug them to keep them docile.
They are very docile and harmless creatures.
The cows looked big and docile.
Prag of a more docile government and army.
Respectable occupiers fraternising with docile occupees.
It is very docile and bound to his master.
They are also renowned as highly docile pets.
We are not the docile sheep they presumed.
It means they wanted us nice and docile.
Maybe they are not as docile as you think.
I was surprised that they also seemed so docile.
I am gonna act all docile and then.
Fortunately most pet chinchillas are relatively docile.
Black heroes are expectedto be docile and deferential.
They are docile tarantulas which are easy to keep in a terrarium.
They have a calm and docile nature.
It made men docile and of no use to me.
Bruno is known in philadelphia as the docile don.
Words seemed so docile this morning.
You said the horse was docile.
You are being docile as hell about this.
