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

And Biff and Happy’s take on trash-talking, no less than Linda’s maternal don’t-cross-me commandments — “Attention must be finally paid!” — awakens lines you’ve heard innumerable times, asserting their implacable realness.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

There was an unsightly creature in leather pants burrowing holes beneath the foundations with no apparent regard for the fairy commandments.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer