follow orders
Example Sentences
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“In the army, you don’t get to choose who you serve with. In the army, you follow orders and do your job.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
When you’re young, you’re also trying to follow orders; you’re looking at the scene and I’m, like “OK, this scene, here it wants me to cry or it wants me to get upset.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Did he resign in quiet protest rather than follow orders that he saw as unlawful?
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
The Portland Police Bureau said it arrested two people on 4 October who engaged "in aggressive behaviour toward each other in the street" and refused to follow orders.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
Can’t bring myself to ask him how he can bear to follow orders so blindly.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
