behaving tamely
accept tamely
The dog followed tamely behind its owner.
She accepted the criticism tamely without arguing.
The horse trotted tamely along the trail.
The child tamely obeyed his parents' instructions.
He tamely agreed to the terms of the contract.
The lion tamely approached its trainer for a treat.
The cat tamely allowed the vet to examine it.
She tamely followed the rules of the game.
The student tamely accepted the teacher's decision.
The prisoner tamely surrendered to the authorities.
When this waiver inevitably fails to boost production, supporters won't tamely back off.
Did they submit tamely to their loss, nor attempt to recover their wandering Daughter'?
" Well, I do feel we ought to put up some sort of a fight before giving in tamely like this" .
But when he spoke, it was tamely and awkwardly, and his comment was ludicrously inappropriate to the solemnity of the moment.
That Palmerston had wanted a quarrel was obvious; why, then, did he submit so tamely to being made the victim of the quarrel?
Nevertheless, the girl did not take kindly to the idea of being tamely put to sleep without as much as one bid for freedom.
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