disobey
verb
dis·obey
ˌdis-ə-ˈbā 
-ō-
disobeyed; disobeying; disobeys
: to be disobedient
: to fail to obey
disobeyer
noun
Examples of disobey in a Sentence
If you disobey, you will be severely punished.
The soldier disobeyed the general's orders.
He was afraid to disobey his father.
The driver had disobeyed the law.
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Yet, shortly after the district court granted plaintiffs' emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, defendants appear to have disobeyed it.
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2025
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—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Scheffler was arrested earlier in the film for punching a Maxi Golf competitor, which is a real-life reference to the golfer being arrested for disobeying traffic laws before the Masters in 2024 and briefly being put in a jail cell.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 29 July 2025
Besides three counts of vehicular assault, cops charged Jenkins with driving without a license, unlawful fleeing of police, reckless endangerment, failure to use headlights and multiple counts of disobeying a red signal.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2025
That is not one, but two Cleons on the run, while the one remaining Cleon is already disobeying Demerzel and is way too close to the Foundation Ambassador (and there’s the whole thing of him being put down in a few days).
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Scheffler was arrested earlier in the film for punching a Maxi Golf competitor, which is a real-life reference to the golfer being arrested for disobeying traffic laws before the Masters in 2024 and briefly being put in a jail cell.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 29 July 2025
Besides three counts of vehicular assault, cops charged Jenkins with driving without a license, unlawful fleeing of police, reckless endangerment, failure to use headlights and multiple counts of disobeying a red signal.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for disobey
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“Disobey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disobey. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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disobey
verb
dis·obey
ˌdis-ə-ˈbā
: to refuse, neglect, or fail to obey
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