obedience
Example Sentences
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“My ever increasing involvement and identification with the poor only continues to widen the gap between my obedience to religious authority and my own understanding of what my life as a Christian must entail.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Curiosity has a way of making obedience conditional.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
As I wrote from prison, “We do not oppose dialogue with the government, nor do we confront it, but rather emphasize obedience to those in authority.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
She spoke no more of my new obedience, but it must have been on her mind, because she changed toward me.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
Vocabulary lists containing obedience
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 2
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"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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