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Meanings of as tame in English

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Usage of as tame in English
1
The fish here were as tame as those caught in Deer River.
Ungava
2
I will make him as tame as a kitten in a month.
The American Family Robinson / or, The Adventures of a Family lo...
3
They were almost as tame as the mountain sheep, but not quite.
American Big Game in Its Haunts: The Book of the Boone and Crock...
4
You were probably as tame three months ago as you are now.
Victory: An Island Tale
5
He's right here to your hand, and as tame as a lap-dog.
The Forfeit
6
The law will be as tame as a mouse-nobody 'll say nothin'?
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
7
They'll make the wildest river in Europe as tame as a municipal waterworks.
Between the Woods and the Water
8
The runaway was now as tame as a driven deer in Richmond Park.
Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody
9
Mice ran in and out, almost as tame as the swallows.
The Desert of Wheat
10
He lived five months, and became as tame and docile as a cat.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
11
A badger becometh as tame as a dog, if he be taken young.
A Boy's Ride
12
The sparrows in Hyde Park aren't as tame as this.
Night and Day
13
It was pleasant, but almost as tame as New England.
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843
14
Them last two they say is as tame as kittens.
Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box
15
There are three or four others in here, and all as tame as I am.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
16
The owners stroke and caress their little cows until they are as tame as dogs.
Southern Arabia
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United Kingdom
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