obey
verb (used with object)
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of.
am obeying
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present progressiveof obey (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"When I am at work on those enterprises," he says, "I feel that I am obeying the commandments just as much as when I go to the synagogue for prayer."
From Time Magazine Archive
"My lord," said the monk, addressing him, "I am obeying your orders; I am going away, but my horse is a sorry beast; if you will give me a better one, I will go faster."
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by M. (François) Guizot
I am obeying an instinct far stronger than I, and I cannot struggle against it any longer.
From Evelyn Innes by George (George Augustus) Moore
I am obeying your orders, Lady Margaret, but never before have I felt, as I feel now, that I am doing a mean and cowardly action.
From At Agincourt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
With the usual inconsistency of the person to whom life is by no means a valuable asset, I am obeying the orders of my physician.
From The Malefactor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
