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How to use the word docile in a Sentence?

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I'm 100 % OK with her showing how docile swarms are, but the fact is that she goes into removals without wearing any safety gear, wearing black leggings... she's setting a very dangerous precedent. – Friday Chamberlain	Found on CNN 2 years ago
People stay in their cars, there is no (human-to-human) contact, the animals are docile and used to people. – Jozsef Richter	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
It is amazing how docile it was. I was petting it. – Eli Boroditsky	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We regret that the representative of the United States and its docile allies continue to bring to this forum matters that are outside the mandate of the CD, it is not a forum for coup-mongering. – Latin American	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He let off eight rounds, reloaded, let off another eight, reloaded again, he was very docile. In his facial expression, no smiling, laughing, talking. – Demetrius Griffin	Found on CNN 6 years ago
He was as compliant and docile as anyone I have ever seen come into a facility, we are hoping that the day comes when justice is done for those families and the victims that were killed. – Sheriff Dee Anderson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think people think of it as this docile thing, but you are dealing with an extremely athletic animal that can do whatever it wants to you very quickly. – Corey Knowlton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It didn't even fight us, it was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there. – Marty Mobley	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there. – Marty Mobley	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on the confines of a docile, frightened order. – Michel Foucault	added by anonymous 9 years ago
A state that dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great things can really be accomplished. – John Stewart Mills	added by anonymous 13 years ago

I'm 100 % OK with her showing how docile swarms are, but the fact is that she goes into removals without wearing any safety gear, wearing black leggings... she's setting a very dangerous precedent.

– Friday Chamberlain

Found on CNN
2 years ago

People stay in their cars, there is no (human-to-human) contact, the animals are docile and used to people.

– Jozsef Richter

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It is amazing how docile it was. I was petting it.

– Eli Boroditsky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We regret that the representative of the United States and its docile allies continue to bring to this forum matters that are outside the mandate of the CD, it is not a forum for coup-mongering.

– Latin American

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He let off eight rounds, reloaded, let off another eight, reloaded again, he was very docile. In his facial expression, no smiling, laughing, talking.

– Demetrius Griffin

Found on CNN
6 years ago

He was as compliant and docile as anyone I have ever seen come into a facility, we are hoping that the day comes when justice is done for those families and the victims that were killed.

– Sheriff Dee Anderson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think people think of it as this docile thing, but you are dealing with an extremely athletic animal that can do whatever it wants to you very quickly.

– Corey Knowlton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It didn't even fight us, it was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there.

– Marty Mobley

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there.

– Marty Mobley

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on the confines of a docile, frightened order.

– Michel Foucault

added by anonymous
9 years ago

A state that dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great things can really be accomplished.

– John Stewart Mills

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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