I ordered the Frenchmen to tumble into the boat,-- they obeying in their usual light-hearted manner, not in any way looking as if they were prisoners.
As his lordship was never addicted to doing anything in a hurry, he waited, before obeying the order he had received, till he could get a supply of fresh butter and eggs and other comestibles on board.
Sure, they knew there'd be a stink, and they'd get a little black mark in somebody's book for not obeying orders to stick it out.
There beside the softly flowing river, where water was obeying natural law without any trouble, the three men broke off their discussion when they saw a bright flash high in the sky above them.
For as man, disobeying, drew death upon himself, so, obeying the will of God, he who desires is able to procure for himself everlasting life.
The horsemen who remained in the street ordered all citizens to retire to their houses, and, with fearful imprecations, threatened to blow the heads off those who manifested the slightest hesitation in obeying their commands.
The least want of alacrity in obeying their orders was sure to subject the passengers to the direst threats.
Obeying the dictates of his own rash judgment, he rejected the warnings of his wisest counsellors, and relied with blind confidence on his destiny.
They, too, some through fear, others through hopes, others obeying a summons, had come to Brundusium.
For we cannot command nature except by obeying her.
We have in this text a most humiliating picture of the deity--a God obeying the devil!
Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
The commandment says nothing about obeying the church only when she is in the right, or only when she is reasonable, or even only when she is scriptural--she must be obeyed because she is the church.
Roland was in the habit of obeying without reply; he took his hat and went toward the door.
He jumped from the carriage and, obeyinghis first impulse, hurried up the portico.
No sooner was this done than, obeying an irresistible impulse, he precipitated himself into the deep, and became a sea-god.
Midas joyfully obeying the injunction, was at once freed from the consequences of his avaricious demand, and from this time forth the sands of the river Pactolus have ever contained grains of gold.
But instead of obeying this cruel command, the servant intrusted him to a shepherd who was tending the flocks of Polybus, king of Corinth, and then returned to Laius and Jocaste, and informed them that their orders had been obeyed.
But it was not so much this as his way of obeying quickly, and keeping his word, and never giving in to himself, which made him rise from promotion to promotion when he joined the Roman army.
Love your enemies," said Our Lord, and sure enough St. Edmund seemed truly to be obeying that command.
But Brother Ruffino, instead of obeying at once, begged St. Francis not to command him this, as he had not the gift of preaching.
Tilly went up the river safely, obeying orders; but coming down, when he was about three miles above Saybrook, he went ashore with only one man and carelessly fired off his gun.
Now, however, the Duke of York had become King of England with a new policy for the colonies, and Andros was obeying the king's orders.
Nothing in the picture moved but Old Pretty's tail and Tess's pink hands, the latter so gently as to be a rhythmic pulsation only, as if they were obeying a reflex stimulus, like a beating heart.
Their walk having been circuitous, they were still not far from the house, and inobeying his direction she only had to reach the large stone bridge across the main river and follow the road for a few yards.
Charles, giving vent to his deep vexation and obeying the impulse of his self-accusing spirit: “to what humiliations have I not exposed you, my dearest father?
By religion we now mean some plan of believing and obeying God, which will save our souls after we die.
What means else your rejecting of the laws of Shaddai, and your obeying of Diabolus?
There have been, in every age, professors who, instead of gratefully receiving and obeying the whole truth, have indulged in favourite doctrines.
He undertook the work by covenant; and all the 'saved' form part of his mystical body; thus perfectly obeying the law in him.
Hope of life, eternal by Christ, makes a man purify himself in obeying the truth through the Spirit.
And this unlettered mechanic, when he might have improved himself in book wisdom, was shut up within the walls of a prison for nearly thirteen years, for obeying God, only solaced with his Bible and Fox's Book of Martyrs.
Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
I am obeying the most rigorous necessity); so if I am to write, I ought to have more time, and when I rest, I wish to lay down and not take up my pen again.
Many of them, obeying the summons, entered into an engagement to the following effect: “I will adhere to the peace sent down by the Persian king, and to the resolutions of the Athenians and the allies generally.
They told him that there was a general slackness throughout Laconia in obeying the military requisitions from Sparta; and tendered their lives as atonement if they should be found to speak falsely.
He has compared mankind to the individual, who, obeying his parents in childhood, in his ripe age ends by obeying no one but himself.
It would be a very poor sort of being good or obeying if it was only so long as somebody else was beside us telling us what to do and looking to see that we did it.
For example, I find he has reported as proof of my insanity, "that I have punished the children for obeying him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obeying" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
