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Example sentences for "obey"

Lexicographically close words:
ober; oberseer; oberseers; obese; obesity; obeye; obeyed; obeyeth; obeying; obeys
  1. Do you not know that everything here on earth must obey me, that it is in my power to do everything?

  2. I will obey your wildest whims; you shall do as you will with me.

  3. The minority submit to obey laws which were made against their will, because they cannot avoid the necessity of undergoing worse inconveniences than are involved in this submission.

  4. He pities miserable kings, who are the bondsmen of all that seems to obey them; he pities false sages, who are fast bound in the chains of their empty renown; he pities the silly rich, martyrs to their own ostentation.

  5. Rust and gangrene appear among the cattle, the shriveled potato sickens and dies; all these, long accustomed to obey skill, now cruelly avenge neglect.

  6. It is a remarkable thing that he whose own will was ever so arbitrarily exercised, should now be obliged against that will to obey a pressure from without, and every where to work with his hands tied.

  7. The top-men hurried aloft to obey the order, for every one knew there was no time to be lost.

  8. Of course, all I had to do was to obey my father; but I could not help feeling anxious about him, as I had no doubt my mother would be, notwithstanding the message I was to give her.

  9. And it is to be observed, that this censure was not for the purpose of seeking or obtaining redress for any injury, but appeared rather as a reason for refusing to obey their lawful commands.

  10. They'll obey you in the end: Hill and field, river and marsh Shall obey you, hop and skip At the terrour of your whip, To your gales of anger bend.

  11. What cares I took To obey this wise book, I, who feared each hour Lest Death's cruel power On the poppied plain Might make cares vain!

  12. We, as good citizens, are bound implicitly to obey them.

  13. I will not fail to second your views and my devotion to my country will cause me, with alacrity, to obey your orders.

  14. We must implicitly obey his laws to be truly wise.

  15. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.

  16. Obey the precepts and imitate the examples of the Sages and Heroes who wisely conceived and boldly achieved the Independence we now enjoy.

  17. And that they would like to obey it, if they could consistently with other interests and obligations?

  18. It is my duty to obey His word; and His word says, obey them.

  19. I do not think anybody is rightly happy, except those who love Christ and obey him.

  20. Rupert could not obey her and go at once; he felt he must see what she did and what her reception promised to be; he came a little nearer to the window and gazed anxiously in.

  21. But those who do not obey Him are like a house built on the sand.

  22. Jesus said, that those who hear and obey Him are like a house planted on a rock; fixed and firm; a house that when the storms come and the winds blow, is never so much as shaken.

  23. Yes, and it says, 'Children, obey your parents.

  24. To study the Bible with a heart ready to obey all it finds--that is hearing the Lord speak; and if prayer is telling Him your thoughts and wishes in your own language, that is speaking to Him.

  25. I have to obey orders," he answered, watching her.

  26. The Saguenay "Who are the Yanyengi, that Real men should obey them?

  27. Then I turned and gazed fearfully at Thiohero, knowing well enough that these other adolescents would obey her blindly, and in dread lest her own dreams should sway her judgment and counsel her to advise us to some folly.

  28. I obey my orders, and expect my Indians to obey mine.

  29. Coming up out of the dark of that great future they shall rise to obey the King we worship and to praise the Saviour we love.

  30. Sinners are the slaves of Satan; those evil desires and inclinations which they so recklessly obey are but the tools and bonds of the great oppressor.

  31. He did what was better: he tried constantly to obey the law of God, whether he found it in the Bible or in his own heart.

  32. He had some regard for him who spoke it, though he did talk more about him on Sundays than obey him in the days between.

  33. I will obey the cook if you tell me, father.

  34. I promise at all times to respect and obey him and the leaders whom he appoints over me.

  35. We are in the care of good men, and all we have to do is to obey orders, and--damn it, sir!

  36. Now, Fitz," she said, "you must obey me and leave me to manage Luke in my own way.

  37. No modern young girl is likely to obey blindly unless she values the opinions of one in whose judgment and affection she has learned to believe.

  38. You teach people that they can, and do, obey this law perfectly, while they do not know it.

  39. That command was given to me, but how could I obey it without eating and drinking damnation to myself?

  40. Were not servants told to obey their masters?

  41. If you feel that the dying command of the Savior, 'do this in remembrance of me' was addressed to you, you are old enough to obey it.

  42. All around lay the dark woods, framing in the vision like serried ranks encompassing a throne, to which great clouds rolled, then lifted and scudded away, like couriers coming for orders and hastening to obey them.

  43. The idea now is that the men must be taught to obey from a sense of duty, not from fear of their superiors.

  44. The headmen of the villages were called together, and these promised to obey his rule.

  45. Those who were least stupefied by the shock sprang, in a dazed and stupid way, to obey the order.

  46. Their faith in their white visitors was very great and, after a few minutes' talk among themselves, they intimated to the boys that they would obey their orders.

  47. The brief was withheld and, when complaint was made to the pope that his datary refused to obey orders, he promised to look into it.

  48. For three years he labored, and finally induced the chapter to obey the papal brief, but on some pretext it refused to abide by the agreement and the litigation continued.

  49. The Córtes of 1537 reiterated the old complaints and asked Charles to order the tribunals to obey the law, which he promised to do.

  50. Egmont, however, assured them that they should be sent into the city, bound hand and foot, if they did not instantly obey his orders.

  51. Every man who bore his Majesty's commission was ordered solemnly to pledge himself to obey the orders of government, every where, and against every person, without limitation or restriction.

  52. Moreover, was it to be supposed that he would obey without restriction any orders issued to him in his Majesty's name, when the King's representative might be a person whose supremacy it ill became one of his' race to acknowledge?

  53. He warned his friends to obey the magistrates, and all others in authority, except in matters of conscience; to abstain from sedition; but to obey the will of God.

  54. Obey God, or disobey Him,--He will not force thee either way, .

  55. His voice thouqh gentle was distinctly authoritative, and Alwyn meeting the full gaze of his calm eyes felt bound to obey the implied command.

  56. We obey Christ in the simple rules he preached,--Christ according to His own enunciated wish and will.

  57. In trembling haste and eagerness the guards at once set to work to obey this order.

  58. A feast awaits us yonder--a feast prepared for those who, like yourselves obey the creed of sweet self indulgence, .

  59. Yet something in the tone and look of the last speaker made "touge" Dalzell feel that the simplest way out of difficulty would be for him to obey as carefully and speedily as he could.

  60. I believe in being forced to respect and obey my elders.


  61. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obey" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accede; accept; acquiesce; adjust; assent; comply; condone; conform; consent; countenance; follow; fulfil; heed; keep; listen; mark; mind; obey; observe; overlook; reconcile; relent; resign; respect; shrug; square; submit; succumb; swallow; take; yield


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    obey orders; obey the; obey thee; obey their; obey them