obeyed

past tense of obey

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of obeyed And just like the existence of a black hole’s event horizon results in the creation of Hawking radiation, the existence of a cosmological horizon must also — if the same laws of physics are to be obeyed — create radiation. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 The fans obeyed and there was absolute silence until Putellas’s shot, which ended up too central and was stopped by Hannah Hampton. Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 The software’s orders were often obeyed fearfully, unquestioningly. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 Nooner initially fled on foot, but obeyed police commands to get on the ground and surrender. Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obeyed
Verb
  • After the racing announcement, there was a dinner followed by a garage reveal.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Soon, Allen’s teammates followed suit.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It was then observed by European astronomers using the Las Cumbres Observatory telescope in Siding Spring, Australia.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In their simulations, the University of Michigan team observed flux ropes form when CMEs moved through slower solar wind.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Obeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obeyed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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