Obeying is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for OBEYING in dictionary:

VERB:
• OBEY, to do as one is told
• submit to the authority of (someone) or comply with (a law)
• carry out (a command or instruction)
• behave in accordance with (a general principle, natural law, etc.)
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to follow the commands or guidance of

Words related to OBEYING

obey9 obeyed12 obeys10

Words that contain OBEYING

disobeying17

How to use OBEYING in a sentence

• Without being carried away by illusions, Basilio pretended to believe in them and went on obeying the dictates of his own conscience.
• By religion we now mean some plan of believing and obeying God, which will save our souls after we die.
• I felt that he was thus obeying a finer and truer instinct than if he had made haste to end.
• Obeying the spirit of the fifteenth century, Signorelli did not aim at what may be termed an architectural effect in his decoration of this building.
• If the profits on the job were not to be so large as they might have been, he would at least make certain of them by obeying instructions to the letter.
• If he were not equal to his Father, there would be less glory in his obeying him.
• Obeying the command, De Catinat found himself in a room which was no larger and but little better furnished than that which was allotted to his own use.
• Before he had regained his voice to talk more the minister came, obeying a summons of grave import.
• It shows that Hamlet, though he is leaving Denmark, has not relinquished the idea of obeying the Ghost.
• Instead of obeying the order to blow up the mission and retire, they held their ground until they were completely surrounded and cut off from all help.
• And thus does he, by asserting the eternal principles of things and the necessity of obeying them, prove himself intrinsically religious.
• To capture and press it tenderly was but obeying a remorseful impulse.
• And do you ask why you must do these things? You mean to rule the world, do you not? You must begin by obeying and studying it.
• I groped for the shelter of the tunnel, and clung to the rocky wall to save myself from obeying a wild impulse to cast myself headlong into the flood below.
• Behind her two other deer checked themselves and stood like statues, unable to see, but obeying their leader promptly.
• It was while obeying this last command that Gentleman Bill encountered Kentuck, who, after the confusion of the fire was over, was, like himself, looking for Matheny.
• Then the man, obeying an impulse that he scarcely understood himself, made his purchase, gave explicit directions where and when it was to be sent, and left the store.
• Obeying an impulse she did not understand she swiftly took the pigeon from him and tossed it once more into the air.
• While I feel the most lively gratitude for the many instances of approbation from my country, I can no otherwise deserve it than by obeying the dictates of my conscience.
• Obeying orders very literally himself, Jackson found it difficult to believe that others did not do the same.
• He could have given himself the same counsel, and would certainly live longer by obeying it than the reverse.
• In following out the truth at the cost of any sacrifice I was convinced that I was following Him and obeying the most imperative of His precepts.
• A glance of recognition passed between the latter and Beauregard, and Seth, obeying a gesture of the general, advanced and placed a small package on the table.
• My attention was sufficiently occupied in obeying my orders, and keeping my eye on him in expectation of fresh ones.
• These orders the negroes lost no time in obeying, as they often suffered severely at the hands of these reckless marauders.
• Templeton had put the bank notes she was to carry to her uncle! Obeying her swift impulse she stepped to the basket and drew the envelope out.
• As she said the words I know that in obeying her I dug an abyss between us.
• Arlington was at length obliged to tell her, that only upon condition of her obeying his directions, could she consent to allow her to remain in the school.
• I thought I had acquitted myself with tolerable success in obeying the desires of your dead father.

Similar words containing OBEY without suffix ing

obey9 mobey12 obeys10 mobeys13 obeyed12 obeyer11 disobey13 obeyers12 disobeys14 obeyable15 unobeyed14 disobeyed16 disobeyer15 disobeyers16 disobeying17

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