obediently

Example Sentences

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Sue even continues to smile obediently for the same jerks who kicked Elisabeth to the curb.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Moira and I obediently played the parts of two non-regulars visiting from the big city, drinking in the atmosphere.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

Nonetheless, it's hard to imagine that the U.S. public would tolerate assertions that African or Asian nations should relinquish their autonomy and obediently return to the “sphere of influence” of their erstwhile colonizers.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2023

“They didn’t want to fight for themselves. They were given papers and obediently signed them all. They weren’t focused. They just stared into space, as if they had given up.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022

He came obediently, wailing, that slow hoarse sound that ships make, that seems to begin before the sound itself has started, seems to cease before the sound itself has stopped.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner