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Meanings of biddable in английском

Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest.

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Usage of biddable in английском
1
Barbara did as he commanded with the expression of a biddable child.
The Penalty
2
From being a meek and biddable thing, it has become a bully.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
3
I have been a good, biddable daughter in every other way.
Secrets of a Perfect Night
4
Being un-biddable was one thing, forcing her attention on him was quite another.
The viking takes a knight
5
But men in search of security might easily convince themselves she was biddable.
Venus In Copper
6
He was a biddable lad with none of his mother's arrogance.
Full dark, no stars
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Or had his trance made him biddable, like a person walking in sleep?
The grail king
8
There's an abandoned mine where we can hold her until she turns biddable.
The irish devil
9
The new minister of war was Paolo Morrone, a biddable general proposed by Cadorna.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
10
She had been a biddable pup, trained early to responsibility.
Jem
11
After the second try, he started poisoning her to keep her weak and biddable.
The bone palace
12
The city-folk had stars of their own; biddable, domesticated stars.
Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers
13
But no loss herein if it do make him more biddable in women's matters.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
14
A boy will be more biddable, more tractable, also cheaper.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900
15
There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.
The great hunt
16
It was not like her-shewas always so good and biddable, and told me everything.
The Walrus Hunters: A Romance of the Realms of Ice
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