obeyed

Example Sentences

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The broader biographical facts are obeyed, but “Amadeus” is fundamentally ahistorical, and sometimes implausible: It is to be trusted only as television.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

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

I’d obeyed and failed to hit my Activity Goals for several days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

“Everyone get out of sight,” she ordered, and Sarai watched as the others obeyed.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor