instructed

Example Sentences

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He and his fellow troops had been instructed to stay indoors most of the time for safety.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

He told the jury that as Zeraati walked up to his parked Tesla he asked him for some money, as instructed.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Members of the press were instructed to shelter in place inside the White House briefing room.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

When the rest had been dismissed, the General distributed typewritten forms among us and instructed us to present them at the administration barracks at 9:00.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom