Example Sentences

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Asked about the incident, a Yangon health official said the people had to be dispersed because they were disobeying lockdown orders.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

As he pressed the newspapers deeper into the garbage pail, Eliot felt that he and Mrs. Sen were disobeying some unspoken rule.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

I think you knew very well that you were disobeying my strictest injunctions.

From Jane Lends A Hand by Watkins, Shirley

She called to me before the whole room—she—" "You were disobeying the rules, Miss Ashe.

From Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's by Goss, John

That they were disobeying a strict injunction in taking the bracelet out of the house was a matter quite overlooked at the time.

From The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks