obeyed

Example Sentences

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But it was PSG who obeyed the message, delivering a third-minute hammer blow when Georgian genius Khvicha Kvaratskhelia raced down the wing before setting up Ousmane Dembele to lash a finish high past Manuel Neuer.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

He obeyed and burned the project files in a bonfire on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Staff informed the agents that they did not have permission to enter the school and ordered them to leave the area, which they obeyed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Indeed, the characteristic feature of a country ruled by law is the shared understanding that court orders will be obeyed without the necessity of employing force or other modes of coercion.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

These were the very Orthodox, and they obeyed literally the Biblical commandment And ye shall look upon it, which pertains to the fringes.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok