Promise me that you will not disobey the injunctions of her whose memory we must both of us ever revere.
Men and women,' says the edict, 'who disobey this command shall be punished as disturbers of public order.
With man, the word law changed its meaning; and instead of a fixed order, which he could not choose but follow, it became a moral precept, which he might disobey if he dared.
If you disobey me, I can't let you go to the door again.
If you disobey me again in this thing, I will give five times as much.
The Medes listened, but were silent; for they were sore bested; they could hardly disobey the summons, and yet they were afraid to go back after his threats, being all too well acquainted with the savage temper of their lord.
The damsel could not disobey his command; but she replied, O Prince of the Faithful, there is nothing in these chests but clothes of the lady Zubeydeh, and she hath commanded me not to open them to any one.
A; b6] disobey by keeping silent and failing to act.
To which Isoult replied, "He told me always to pray, ma'am, and I cannot disobey any of his words.
No act of her own, she resolved, should henceforward lead her to disobey him.
Remember now, Isoult, in doing that you will disobey a greater than I, and as good a friend.
It cannot be your duty todisobey your brother and make yourself ill.
Well, I suppose I must let you go, as you are so wicked as to disobey the proverb that "Charity begins at home.
I will have them back again, Nursey, and I will give them every sort of thing they want; and I will go and see them, and I will disobey her.
Then I am quite right, and I will disobey to-morrow," she thought.
It never entered into the head of either of the prisoners that they mightdisobey this order, and they waited patiently for events to take their course.
I suppose you admit that a human soldier may disobey orders sometimes.
He knew Otto well enough, however, to feel certain he would disobey him.
Still he dared not disobey the summons which a soldier brought him to hasten to the Hotel de Sairmeuse at once.
How could he expect a loyal fellow to disobey orders?
Claudia, Claudia, you are very naughty todisobey your aunt," said the gentleman gravely.
The little girl addressed as Bee was evidently afraid to disobey Claudia and ashamed to obey her.
Well, then, she will not set a son to disobeyhis mother.
You have, without rebuke, permitted your followers to declare that if the High Court of Judicature declared the law to be in my favor, that then they and you still intended to defy and disobey the law.
He chose to disobey God, to try and know something of himself, by getting the knowledge of good and evil; and so death passed on him.
It cannot disobey God's laws, therefore it can enjoy no reward, any more than suffer any punishment.
Sir 2:15 They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
Sir 16:28 None of them hindereth another, and they shall never disobey his word.
He even went to the absurd extremity of declaring it for the service of the Crown to disobey the King's commands, to arrest the King's Governor, to fight the King's troops.
The Deputy Governor, not daring to disobeythe King, ignored their appeal, and bade them decide without delay whether or not they would continue the two companies.
The Governor, however, not daring to disobey his sovereign's commands, gave the visitors all the assistance in his power.
If God have made it my duty, even at this time, I must not disobey him, and omit my duty, because another will make it an occasion of his sin.
He trifled with the Company's orders on account of the letter of them, and endeavored todisobey the spirit of them.
He thus taught the natives not only to disobey the orders of the Court of Directors, enforced by an act of Parliament, but he taught his own servant to disobey, and ordered him not to appear before the board.
No one dared disobey his mandates, for the law of clerical obedience was one of the fundamental ideas of the age.
To imprison Wyclif at the command of the Pope would be to allow the Pope's temporal rule in England; yet to disobey the bulls would be disregard of the papal power altogether.
Where do you find the proud courage to disobey my commands?
Whosoever shall disobeythis command, shall pay a fine of fifty thalers, or suffer fifteen days' imprisonment.
Some over-pious and fanatical preachers had dared to disobey this order.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "disobey" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: break; defy; disobey; disregard; flout; ignore; infringe; mutiny; rebel; transgress; violate
