instructed

Example Sentences

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The committee has also instructed officers to ring-fenced about £10,000 for the provision of slow cookers, electric blankets, warm clothing and other consumables.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“He immediately understood the magnitude of the World Cup and instructed his administration to help. We’re talking about the most powerful country in the world, and there are things that must be taken into account.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Mercedes - for one - had instructed their drivers to go wide on the pit-lane entry to avoid this risk.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Foreign Minister Winston Peters's office confirmed the ban and said he instructed the the nation's diplomats "to express concern at this departure from past practice and to better understand it."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Omari instructed me to bring papyrus and draw pictures so future generations of Egyptians will see how it was done.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman