follow orders
Example Sentences
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He also said that as a member of a minority group, the Druze, he had been obliged to follow orders.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
When you’re young, you’re also trying to follow orders; you’re looking at the scene and I’m, like “OK, this scene, here it wants me to cry or it wants me to get upset.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Current and former officials describe him as an unrelenting figure who expects subordinates to follow orders without question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Did he resign in quiet protest rather than follow orders that he saw as unlawful?
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
He wasn’t going to follow orders from Worsley or Shackleton or anyone else any longer.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
