Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: obeying
IPA transcription: [oʊb'eɪɪŋ]
Usage examples
  • He is paid for commanding, other men for obeying orders.
  • My uncle lost no time in obeying the friendly call, nor was I slack in following.
  • Her hand was outside of the covers and he took it in his own, obeying a sudden impulse.
  • "Edward," Dr. Bruce spoke abruptly, "I have not yet been able to satisfy myself, either, in obeying my promise.
  • Obeying orders, Hans tied all the non-fragile articles in one bundle, corded them firmly, and sent them bodily down the gulf before us.
  • Apparently there was another man who placed his patients above anything else, though he was probably meticulous about obeying all actual rules.
  • "All right, ma'am;" and Joe proved himself a good soldier by obeying orders, and falling asleep like a tired child, as the first step toward recovery.
  • "Certainly ma'am," answered Corny, obeying at once, and inwardly resolving to deposit his fair burden on the first fallen log they came to, and make his escape.
  • Then they both laughed, and Marjorie, obeying one of her sudden impulses, threw her arms around Dora's neck and gave her a cousinly hug. "You and I will be friends, too," she said.
  • But this means that the so-called "unreality" of images consists merely in their not obeying the laws of physics, and thus brings us back to the causal distinction between images and sensations.