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
I have accepted a public trust with pride, I am obeying my plain duty with satisfaction, and I shall work to be elected with all my might.
From The Landloper by Holman Day
I am obeying my father now, and I will not leave those to whom he trusted me.'
From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I am hearkening to the counsel of my conscience; I am obeying the dictates of my heart.
From St. Elmo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
You see I am obeying you at last.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman
