obey
verb (used with object)
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of.
obeying
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present participleof obey.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Some of them had no intention of obeying their village chief.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
However, the Defense Department’s Law of War Manual highlights the particular crime of obeying orders that are “clearly illegal” or that “the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal.”
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
What about the risks of obeying an unlawful order?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
It DE decides a school is not obeying the guidance it can be named and shamed.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
“But I was only trying to do my duty. I was obeying orders. I was always taught that I had to obey orders.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
