How to Use obey in a Sentence

obey

verb

• The children must obey the rules.
• The children must learn to obey.
• His dog has learned to obey several commands.
• He always obeys his parents.
• Richard Nixon, in the end, had a sense of shame and obeyed the Supreme Court.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
• Scripted to the point of obeying all the full stops and the ellipses and the hyphens.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
• Travel with care and obey all signage through the work zone.
  — oregonlive, 20 July 2023
• Acquaint themselves with the Golden Rule and try to obey it.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 June 2022
• Heads of households must obey a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  — Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• The Good News: Always obey your parents as this is what the Lord rewards.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 Nov. 2022
• The police will obey orders, and the regime will remain in control.
  — Andrew J. Nathan, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• Failing to obey the law could cost $110 and add a point to your driver’s license.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2022
• Then imagine that a special group of people did not have to obey that law.
  — Michael J. Lee, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2023
• Laena orders her again and again, but the dragon won’t obey.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 26 Sep. 2022
• None of these charges would apply to someone who is trying to obey the law.
  — Gabriel J. Chin, Fortune, 10 June 2023
• But whether there were signals or not, all motorists obeyed the law.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• People also must obey many of the same rules that permitholders have to follow.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 13 June 2022
• The terms required him to avoid drugs and alcohol, hold a steady job and obey the law, among other things.
  — Fox News, 9 Dec. 2022
• The city put in speed limits around 1904, and the Automobile Club urged its members to obey them.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• The suspect stood in the doorway and did not obey police commands, police said.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
• Metal hooks linked to chains obey Pinhead's commands and rend the flesh from his victims!
  — Steven Thrash, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• Keep vehicles off of dry grass and obey local burn bans.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
• There are guidelines employers must obey: — Try to get U.S.-based workers for the job first.
  — David J. Neal, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
• All will now have to obey strict rules and regulations of structured school days.
  — Walter Loeb, Forbes, 4 July 2022
• Joseph obeyed the angel who spoke to him in a vision and told him exactly who the baby in Mary’s womb was.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
• Celebrity culture also says the prophet is the prophet and it’s my job simply to obey, a simple foot soldier in the Lord’s army.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• Both cubs were being trained to obey handlers' commands to return, the Houston Zoo said in 2020.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2023
• The audience laughed, obeyed and joyfully threw themselves in the air.
  — Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Yet the new oughts we have been called on to obey consistently prove difficult to pin down.
  — Justin E. H. Smith, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• In an industry driven by the bottom line, that may be the only way to convince them to obey the law.
  — Maureen Testoni, STAT, 13 June 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024