Sentence examples for being ordered about from inspiring English sources
Both share the same spirit – a desire to resist being ordered about and told what to do.
It was offensive, being ordered about n one's own home this way, having Henry referred to as a grasping old man, almost a drunk.
The humiliations of working life under raw capitalism will reappear: abusive supervisors, dirty and unsafe workplaces, being ordered about like a child, daily assaults on one's dignity, impossible demands, speed-ups, wage theft by employers.
To her, Dorothy was someone to be ordered about, someone who could help clean the house and perform unpleasant chores.
The inquiry said staff treated Mr Bennett as "a lesser being... who should be ordered about".
(It costs about $20,000, and is ordered about three times per season).
She is ordered about and dragged into scenes that are none of her concern.
"This elephant does not like to be ordered about by others than its first mahout".
He said most toys are ordered about a year before they go on sale in stores.
She is portrayed as the object of desire, she is ordered about and obeys, but her own character is seldom consulted.
Yesterday, historians revealed that as part of its programme to attract custom, the hotel organised regular "prison parties" in the cellars where guests wore obligatory striped prison uniforms and were ordered about by staff masquerading as truncheon-wielding warders.
