How to Use obedient in a Sentence

obedient

adjective
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  • The Goskis tried to raise the twins—obedient, as young boys—with a firm yet loving hand.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The idea that Asian women are obedient — that’s a joke.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Jesus had free will and made the decision to be obedient to the will of God.
    — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The waves, ever obedient to their gusty master, built to about 3 feet.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2019
  • Give your dog time during the day to have fun, but also have their obedient time too.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Dressed in a white kimono-style top and pants, Mary is focused and obedient.
    — Sharon Broussard, cleveland.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The Russos are very obedient in that regard—good for them!
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Their uniform of space-goth clothes was as obedient as the Rajneesh’s red.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The wary and vicious wolf becomes the friendly and obedient dog.
    — John Morrissey, Quartz, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The thick-rimmed helm of our test car felt light and obedient in the default setting but firm and direct in the sportier modes.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 13 Dec. 2017
  • They were taught to be obedient and submissive, even as they were abused.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • And if the response is lagging, the car is obedient enough once the front wheels have been pointed in the right direction.
    — Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Aeneas, obedient to the calling on his life, forges ahead.
    — Joseph Loconte, National Review, 12 Sep. 2021
  • There was nothing for the obedient 14-year-old Gideon to do but comply and commit.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Therefore make rational answers and be obedient, in the Name of the Lord.
    — Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • This Lear looks mighty, adorned with heavy gold ornaments like a hip-hop Cousin Itt, and with an obedient court at his beck and call.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • But the horse, a noble animal obedient to one’s hands and legs, only receives a pat on the back.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • Joyanna is an obedient pet who enjoys the outdoors and rolling around in the grass.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 29 Dec. 2021
  • What’s even worse is that the work doesn’t go forward because the theaters are way too obedient to these critics.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Ever obedient, Silvia finds a restroom and pees on the stick.
    — Jennifer Haigh, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • And as a result, dogs are often more obedient to women.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Regardless of how obedient a dog is, make sure local leash laws are obeyed.
    — Jackalyn Beck, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The charges were based on an argument that Kelly's entourage of managers and aides helped the singer meet girls and keep them obedient and quiet.
    — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 29 June 2022
  • Both Beaudoin and Gannon called on dog owners to be responsible for their pets and to be obedient to the new rules.
    — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Ephraim is wary at first, then obedient, then angry; what does all this busywork serve, other than Thomas’s own ego?
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • But Akeem doesn’t want a bland, obedient, pre-selected wife.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Few other artists have displayed such nerve, or been less obedient.
    — Sasha Weiss Sasha Weiss Photographs By Justin French Nick Haramis Photographs By Lise Sarfati Styled By Suzanne Koller Adam Bradley Photographs By D’angelo Lovell Williams Styled By Ian Bradley Susan Dominus Photographs By Luis Alberto Rodriguez Styled By Charlotte Collet, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Much more central is God’s call of Abraham to be the father of a great nation, and a blessing to the whole world through his obedient following of God’s way.
    — John Barton, Time, 14 June 2019
  • My friends who had kids before me ended up with these perfect, obedient kids.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • The collective, obedient boogey-ing that followed cracked me up.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 9 July 2018

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