verb
definition
To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
definition
To do as one is told.
definition
To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
Examples of obeyed in a Sentence
She obeyed the command.
To Sofia's surprise, Rainy obeyed, though he sat across the room and stared at her.
He obeyed, and she went to the kitchen.
He obeyed and sat across from her, shifting in his seat several times under her gaze.
He obeyed, and she gave a growl of frustration.
Kiki obeyed and left, closing the door behind him.
She obeyed, breathing raggedly.
The brunette obeyed, taking her place at his left.
She obeyed, this time keeping some back.
Jake obeyed and darted to the bottom of the stairs, pacing.
Her greeter motioned her to follow, and she obeyed, her mind on Damian and nothing else.
Yully steadied her breathing and obeyed, taking comfort in the power of the site.
Two obeyed and left the room filled with lights and computers.
Two obeyed, lifting her off the floor and carrying her.
Connor obeyed, and as Victor made a move toward him, Jackson blocked him, allowing him to scurry to safety.
Those in the room obeyed, too stunned to speak on their way out.
She looked ready to argue but obeyed.
With the exception of an occasional remark or look, her daughters obeyed.
Jenn drew a knife and obeyed, guessing whatever awaited her couldn't be much worse than the Black God or Original Vamp.
They obeyed faster than they ever would a command from the Black God, who still struggled to control his vamps.
Still cursing him, the vamp obeyed and scrambled away.
Jenn obeyed and hefted Darian's shoulders as Damian took his ankles.
Without hesitation he obeyed, exclaiming, "I have deserved it."
On the 23rd of July all was confusion at the depots, and the leaders were divided as to the course to be pursued; orders were not obeyed; a trusted messenger despatched for arms absconded with the money committed to him to pay for them; treachery, quite unsuspected by Emmet, honeycombed the conspiracy; the Wicklow contingent failed to appear; the Kildare men turned back on hearing that the rising had been postponed; a signal expected by a contingent at the Broadstone was never given.
Taran obeyed before Sirian contradicted her.
She obeyed and lowered herself to the floor a moment before the wagon jarred into motion.
Taran obeyed but didn't eat, his eyes darting around the great hall.
She glared at him but obeyed.
Whether she chose him or obeyed Jonny, people got hurt.
When I have felt that love was dead, I have said so without shame or remorse and have obeyed Providence that was leading me elsewhere."
The moderator has no special power or supremacy over his brethren, but is honoured and obeyed as Primus inter pares.
According to Siegmund von Herberstein (1486-1566), an Austrian envoy who visited Moscow at that period, no sovereign in Europe was obeyed like the grand-prince of Muscovy, and his court was remarkable for barbaric luxury.
After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life."
But while we recognize these facts, we must not suppose that we have to study the action of men as though they were all enrolled in organized associations, or covered by stringent laws which were always obeyed.
The struggle was a short one, for the army obeyed the general who had so often led them to victory.
Drew (1827-1900), the Democratic candidate for governor, then secured a mandamus from the circuit court restraining the board from going behind the face of the election returns; this was not obeyed and a similar mandamus was therefore obtained from the supreme court of Florida, which declared that the board had no right to determine the legality of a particular vote.
Such indications of will were implicitly obeyed, or were translated by the worshippers as their own caprice or interest indicated.
Moreover, it was one thing to issue orders, but quite another to ensure that they were obeyed, for they entailed a complete transformation in the mental attitude of the French soldier towards all that he had been taught to consider his duties in the field.
Davout obeyed, but remonstrated.
This order, however, appears only to have been obeyed by the Guards, with whom henceforward the emperor marched.
His brilliant career, both as a civilian and as a soldier, drew all eyes to him as best fitted to guide the fortunes of the new Confederacy, and with a deep sense of the responsibility he obeyed the call.
Voltaire obeyed this hint as far as Les Delices was concerned, and consoled himself by having the performances in his Lausanne house.
He obeyed reluctantly, and on the 14th of June 1835 was wounded by a musket bullet in the calf of the leg.
A great literary revival followed the recovery of Babylonian independence, and the rule of Babylon was obeyed as far as the shores of the Mediterranean.
At the very time of Nasir's visit to Cairo, the power of the Egyptian Fatimites was in its zenith; Syria, the Hejaz, Africa, and Sicily obeyed Mostansir's sway, and the utmost order, security and prosperity reigned in Egypt.
The poet willingly obeyed, all the more because he had previously received a divine command to undertake the task.
He reluctantly obeyed, and concluded his last discourse with the tenderest and most touching farewell.
After some hesitation the latter obeyed, hoping by his influence to rally all the Piagnoni to the rescue.
The situation was saved by a newspaper whicl from the outset of its career obeyed the best canons of journalism - Born in 1882, the fiji Shimpo (Times) enjoyed the immense advan tage of having its policy controlled by one of the greatest thinker of modern Japan, Fukuzawa Yukichi.
He gave no objective, and when the brigadier pointed out that the enemy was still beyond the striking radius of his horses, Frossard reiterated the order, which was obeyed to the letter.