obey
verb (used with object)
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of.
is obeying
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present progressiveof obey (3rd 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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The network’s longtime media analyst Howard Kurtz told viewers Sunday that the company has told him not to discuss or write about the Dominion case, a decision he disagrees with but is obeying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
He is motivated by a belief he is obeying God.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
That’s the delicate stage when the infected cell, like a zombie, is obeying the viral mandate, reading the viral genome and replicating it, but not always without skips, staggers, and mistakes.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021
Everyone Christiansson knows is obeying “stay-at-home” orders adopted by cities, states and nations across the globe.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2020
“In politics he is obeying his own conscience, but I think he is mistaken. We have come to an understanding. He will teach me theology and medicine, but I will think as I please.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
