How to use "docile" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "docile" in popular movie and book plots

  • They all flee except for one, whom he picks up, having developed a docile nature following the removal of Astaroth.  - The Golem: How He Came into the World
  • A docile Heera, for the sake of Gauri's happiness, did so and added to the displeasure of his father for him.  - Sooryavansham
  • Rama and Lakshman go to the docile region of Fort Janasthan while Bharat and Shatrughan are dispatched to war-torn Khundgiri.  - Ramayan 3392 A.D.
  • Her surrogate mother has attributed her new docile attitude to shock.  - Seeta Aur Geeta
  • They are confronted by the Ood, a docile race of empathic servants who work on the station.  - The Impossible Planet
  • Instead of being energetic and playful, they are docile and quiet which proves to be positive—for now.  - Come In, Stranger (Desperate Housewives)
  • His docile mother ignores her husband's sadistic nature and allows the violence to proceed.  - Evil (2003 film)
  • She befriends the policeman’s docile wife, Luci, from Murcia, with the excuse of receiving knitting lessons.  - Pepi, Luci, Bom
  • "Charlie" was created as a way for David's rage to destroy his wife, something that the docile David himself was too decent to do.  - Hide and Seek (2005 film)
  • Hogarth tracks down and befriends the robot, finding it docile and curious.  - The Iron Giant
  • He finds restrained, docile horses and their human wranglers sleeping around a campfire.  - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  • The Vong's weapons become docile and harmless as the invaders are welcomed home.  - The Unifying Force
  • Most residents became so docile they stopped performing all activities of daily living and allowed themselves to die.  - Serenity (film)
  • Carltron grins and rubs his hands together, implying that he is not as docile as the professor believes.  - Secret of Evermore
  • They seemed so docile and friendly that Whitebeard captured one and tried to hide it under his beard, having visions of hot duck for supper.  - Uncle and His Detective
  • With time running out, the docile Meadows then gets up and slowly walks out across the park, as if he's stretching his legs.  - The Last Detail

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