disobey
verb (used with or without object)
to neglect or refuse to obey.
are disobeying
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present progressiveof disobey.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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Though drivers are already required to pick up passengers in the short-term parking structure, some are disobeying those rules, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2015
The question here is whether you should tell on other people who are disobeying this rule.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2011
For OPA investigations have shown that out of 12,000 groceries and butchers 40% are ceiling violators, and that 70% of 500 East Coast gas stations are disobeying OPA regulations.
From Time Magazine Archive
And how can you pray when you are disobeying your good father?
From The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York by Hampe, Theo.
"Yes, and it never does to question his orders," continued the Quartermaster; "it makes him so wild if he fancies that you are disobeying his commands."
From Punch 1893.07.29 by Various
