obeyed

Example Sentences

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But it was PSG who obeyed the message, delivering a third-minute hammer blow when Georgian genius Khvicha Kvaratskhelia raced down the wing before setting up Ousmane Dembele to lash a finish high past Manuel Neuer.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

I’d obeyed and failed to hit my Activity Goals for several days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Military law establishes a strong presumption that military orders are lawful and must be obeyed.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

“We obeyed the law and we kept the peace. And that’s not bad.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

“He said, ‘If you’d obeyed me, as you should, you wouldn’t have been out in the Big Woods after dark, and you wouldn’t have been scared by a screech-owl.’”

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder