disobey
verb (used with or without object)
to neglect or refuse to obey.
has disobeyed
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present perfectof disobey (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Christian is at a charity event in New York when his security people inform him that back in Seattle, Ana has disobeyed his instructions to stay home and has gone out drinking with a girlfriend.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2021
She’s a known mutineer whom the crew loathes and already has disobeyed a superior officer on Discovery by breaking into the lab.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2017
He has disobeyed all the "rules," convoluting and twirling the plastic concrete with an insolent skill, and even using that antediluvian material glass block with flair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lately, a steady tide of visitors has disobeyed the sign and trespassed on the austere hospitality of his house, which offers only a few folding chairs to guests.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brynhild, a Valkyrie, has disobeyed Odin and is punished by being put to sleep until some man shall wake her.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
