give orders
Example Sentences
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“No one in command could claim under the circumstances not to have known what was happening, even if they did not give orders to those under their control to do it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
He tried to give orders to media outlets.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2024
Lula has rejected that claim, saying his government does not give orders to the federal police.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
“But what they can’t do is come to our house to give orders – not only because it’s our house, but because it makes no sense to undo what we’re doing.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
“In this town we do not give orders with pieces of paper,” he said without losing his calm.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
