All 7 Uses of
docile
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After the First Death
- The candy had been treated with a tranquilizer, a drug strong enough to render the children docile and passive within a few minutes.†
Part 2 *
- She had to keep them quiet, docile so that Artkin wouldn't feed them any more dope.†
Part 4
- The hell with trying to appear docile, let the chips fall.†
Part 6
- In the past hour or two, they had become even more docile, as if in a stupor.†
Part 8
- Just as they'd been docile together as if taking the cue from each other, now they were protesting in unison, complaining of stomach aches, crying for their mothers, calling to Kate.†
Part 8
- Artkin had said: Never trust your enemies, no matter how docile they appear to be.†
Part 8
- And he had almost trusted the girl, had let down his guard because he thought she was docile, helpless.†
Part 8
Definition:
easily led or managed -- perhaps submissive or well-behaved