obedient
Example Sentences
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Descriptors such as "intelligent," "obedient," "good with children," "dedicated," "calm," and "cheerful" appeared with similar frequency in both groups.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025
“Sometimes we would just punch it and it would work,” says director Yorgos Lanthimos, who relied on more obedient cameras for past films including his Oscar-nominated “Poor Things” and “The Favourite.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
And Aunt Clara, a 20-pound goofball cockapoo, stays by my side because half of her is an obedient dog and the other half is afraid.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
In that worldview, children are expected to "conform to in-group norms, be obedient, be orderly, be disciplined."
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024
But had I been more obedient, would I in time have become upright and virtuous?
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.