commandment

Example Sentences

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Nor is there any commandment to spread the religion over the face of the earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Some referred to the commandment "thou shalt not kill".

From BBC • May 13, 2025

“It would undercut safety and be the opposite of good business, the opposite of fulfilling the common carrier obligation, and the opposite of meeting the congressional commandment to serve the public.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Do we still, even in the faintest way, hear that Surrealist commandment: “Transform the world, change life”?

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Kvothe’s voice struck the air like a commandment, and in the stillness that followed, his words were sharp and angry.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss