Sentences with phrase «docile at»

Fearless at work, docile at home, the Bullmastiff is a large, muscular guarder who pursued and held...

Fearless at work, docile at home, the Bullmastiff is a large, muscular guarder who pursued and held poachers in Merry Old England — merry, we suppose, for everyone but poachers.

They are normally eager to please their owners and quite docile at home.

The Charger became as docile at that moment as it was aggressive just a few hundred feet before.

Not exact matches

An exchange that used to house more than 5,000 traders shouting out their business now is a mostly docile habitat in which those still left on the floor quietly tap out orders on hand - held computers and barely make a peep at swift changes in market activity.

To the cynic who might suggest that I come to terms with the differences within myself by taking a trip to Saudi Arabia, live a day in a life as Bouazizi only to realize that these differences should n`t exist, be curtailed, or that the makeup of the U.S is a standard makeup for the Middle East on its way in becoming good, or at least docile, I'll say this: grow up.

Yes, Lord God, I believe that — and believe all the more readily since it is a question not merely of my being consoled but of my being completed — that it is you who stand at the source of that impulse and at the end - point of that magnetic attraction to which all my life long I must be docile, obedient to the initial impulsion and eager to promote its developments.

To do this they must provide a docile and industrious workforce adequately prepared and ready to work for long hours at extremely low pay.

The priest is above all a servant of others, and he must continually work at being a sign pointing to Christ, a docile instrument in the Lord» shands.

All winter long he was a docile pet, letting me stroke him and coo to him while I held the water bowl beneath his curved beak and marveled at his loud gurgling digestive system.

At the end of a 14 year marriage to a friendly, docile woman whom I would have wanted as a friend..

How would the people in US, especially those who most like to pillory Iran for not being docile and compliant, react if a bunch of foreigners, led by Iranians, wanted to come into the US and, completely at their own whims, go to any facility, unannounced, to poke around and inspect them?

Challenging board attorney Frank Miller at times, the two both raised their voices during debate over whether confidential information can ever be leaked from a closed door session, clashing in a heated close to an otherwise docile day of testimony.

The pine snakes are large, nonvenomous, docile and beautiful (at least to the non-phobic).

Remarkably, when artificially assembled colonies were placed in new locations, the spiders — over two generations — attempted to recreate the composition of docile - to - aggressive spiders that would be ideal in their home conditions — where the colony evolved — even if the environmental conditions at the new location were different.

While these swarms can be intimidating, swarming bees are actually at their most docile because they do not have a hive to defend and have filled their bellies with honey for the long journey to establish a new home site.

They come docile and meek - non-intimidating at all; they slightly create you believe they are ideal for you.

But the premise that carried the first film (and the original Japanese trilogy and mini-series)-- the idea of a media - borne STD (or drug addiction), transformed here into something carried aloft by the virulence of peer pressure — is instantly discarded along with its deadline gimmick in favour of about two hours of garbage involving killer deer, a somnambulantly - possessed kid (if demonic possession renders your nine - year - old docile as a fawn, that's a trade - off some might be willing to make), and poor Naomi Watts huffing and puffing and delivering awful, repetitive monologues at her catatonic kid.

At the top of the list, the billion - dollar big guns: franchises, superhero movies, animated kid - flicks and single - serving comedies — the whole high - calorie / low nutritional monoculture diet the studios would prefer us to subsist on, like docile teenage boys easily distracted by big bangs and shiny objects.

Dig just a little under the surface and find, almost at the same time, sticky commentary on how and why terrorists are bred from otherwise docile stock and, that much stickier, suggestions about the extent to which intimate family dynamics are built on aggression, fear, and the inability to let things in the past stay buried no matter what lip service is paid to absolution.

Divided into three sections, the story starts in 1978, in a posh boarding school in the English countryside where children are kept obedient, docile and more or less unaware of what's expected of them, or at least unwilling to rebel against their fate.

Although the tiniest bit tail - happy at times, Andy was mostly docile, eager to turn in, breathtaking on the brakes, and smooth when delivering power.

It felt a little wasteful to drive a 555 - horsepower machine at 40 mph, but the X6 M was surprisingly docile in my commute.

Understeer is almost nowhere to be found in this car's repertoire, and yet at the limit it is docile and predictable.

At the end of our drive, we came away feeling that the Alpina treatment has turned the 7 Series into a much faster, but barely less docile hyper sedan.

«I've never encountered a car that can be so docile in daily driving, so calm during long cruises, and so raw at full throttle,» observed Web producer Evan McCausland.

«I'm surprised at how docile it is in normal driving,» my dad says, «and how a few inches of throttle pedal travel can totally transform that perception.»

Knowing what the P1 should be capable of and then pootling along at 30 mph in traffic, leaving the seven - speed dual - clutch transmission to shift for itself, it seems inconceivable that the car should not only be docile but also so amenable to gentle inputs.

This allows the M4 to transform from a relatively docile motorway cruiser to a bare - knuckle sports car at the press of a few buttons.

At highway speeds, the truck is docile, despite its rock - crawler stance.

Playing with the various drive modes, I find Strada a bit too docile and best for highway cruising or pottering around at low speeds but what it does highlight is that the Urus is by far the most user - friendly, Lamborghini ever made.

And none of this comes at the expense of docile controllability: whether accelerating full - bore, cornering at maximum grip levels or slowing to achieve remarkably - short stopping distances, the X5 M and X6 M are always responsive to the driver's commands.

Although a roaring fire burns in the belly of this Camaro, it can be a docile monster about town, idling along at 30 mph without complaint and throbbing with only slight impatience at traffic lights.

In the marginally more docile «road trim» it produces 475bhp at 10,500 rpm, along with 268 lb ft at 7750rpm.

The continuously variable transmission, which seemed so docile and silent at low speeds, restlessly hunts around for the right engine speed.

Driven conservatively, the CTS - V is not at all the snorting, edgy thoroughbred you might expect, but a comparatively docile car that gets closer to the EPA - rated 19 mpg highway fuel economy rating than the 14 mpg rated for the city.

In «normal» mode the GranCabrio is almost docile and pleasurably easy to drive, while in «sport», a more aggressive transmission shift pattern and vocal exhaust note are adopted, none - too - subtly hinting at the performance credentials lurking so patiently beneath your right foot.

The F Coupe is a meatier version of the more docile RC Coupe that made its debut at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show in November.

At the end of the day, the horses needed to be docile enough so that the children could learn to ride and spend time with them.

Though bred to protect, the Dobie is affectionate, docile, and even goofy at times around its family.

Also, remember that not everyone at a dog park has the same consideration, and even a docile dog can become involved in a fight.

A tenacious hunter, the Redbone Coonhound is docile and affectionate at home.

The Transmontano Mastiff is an intelligent, docile and obedient Molosser, although it can be overly independent and stubborn at times, needing early socialization and training.

Ask anyone who owns both a feline and a canine buddy, and they will readily confess that at one point they felt that their dog loves or «adores» more compared to the more docile cat.

They are consistent with rules as they are docile but at the same time affectionate.

Boerboels are be powerful enough to excel at competitive weight - pulling, but they have also had success as docile therapy dogs who have a soft spot in their huge heart for children.

Please be aware at times the poodle can prevail with dominant traits creating a puppy that is not as docile as the golden retriever.

If you've ever seen one at the dog park or in normal day to day life, you've probably recognized them as a little older, but very docile pups.

I'm the daughter of a woman who owns a docile pit bull, and even my mother will tell you that the dog breed is a dangerous breed and needs a specific kind of handling, keeps her dog calmly restrained at all times, won't let strangers on her property without putting the dog away completely, and has a muzzle for vet visits even though he has shown no sign of aggression at the vet.

Several groups of vaqueros or cowboys with docile horses ready for rent line up at both ends of the Rosarito Beach Hotel.