How to pronounce docile
Listen to docile in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“docile” in real sentences
81 clips in the index · 13 American · 6 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They're are docile people.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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They're the most docile of creatures.
British Library · hear it here
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But then again, most of these bees are docile.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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They're one of the most docile fishes in creation.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of docile. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.