commandments
Example Sentences
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I was following one of the most important commandments of retirement: Keep busy to stave off feelings of isolation or depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
It's one of the great dental commandments - brushing twice a day - and that's what the NHS recommends.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
They've inspired great works of art and literature, motivated countless believers to obey God's commandments and driven some of the bloodiest conflicts in the collective biography of our species.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
For example, the first of the commandments given to Moses by Yahweh demands that the Hebrews “have no other gods before me.”
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
When I was much more naive, I thought that the simplicity of the scythe commandments made them impervious to scrutiny.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
