obeyed

The fact that some prescriptive rules are valuable does not mean that every grammatical injunction should be obeyed.

When obeyed uncritically, it produces sentences like this: The board voted immediately to approve the casino.

If we obeyed the wisdom of the Founders, we would never have formed political parties.

She seemed dazed, and when I told her to lie down on the sofa she obeyed me without a word.

And if it does, perhaps her editors ought not to have obeyed her.

Many so-called "humming tones" are given for practice, but in accepting them observe whether the foregoing principle is obeyed.

He obeyed without remark, though with an unsteady voice, as he uttered communications he knew were so hostile to her expectation.

"Come in," said a Cockney voice shrill with youth, in answer to her tap; and the child obeyed.

The relief that I find is for your Majesty to be pleased to order strictly that the regulations made in regard to it be obeyed.

Poor Hephzibah obeyed; she little suspected the heartless trick played at her expense.