Sentence examples for obeyed when from inspiring English sources

Even the independent-minded Calvin had shuddered and obeyed when Farel declared his life of study accursed by God.

He expects to exercise authority in the family, make decisions without consulting his wife, and expects to be obeyed when he gives commands (Fitzpatrick, p. 80).

Harry Truman was unhappy but unquestioningly obeyed when the Supreme Court said he had exceeded his powers in seizing the nation's steel mills to prevent a strike during the Korean War.

Reno's aides, accustomed to having their cease-and-desist orders being obeyed when prosecutors like Charles La Bella were getting too close to paydirt, were stunned when Barrett told them he'd see them in court.

For a microscopic experiment, smoothness is generally expected to be obeyed when the achievable lateral resolution in the imaging data is larger than the pixel size in the same dataset.

In fact, they also obeyed when she had her back turned.

Abraham raised his knife, about to obey, when an angel came to the rescue.

One rule you do have to obey when planning university outfits is to look penniless.

The boss is the bishop whom she vowed to obey when he ordained her.

"They obey when they have to, but otherwise their focus is on putting out articles that people want to read".

A limp arm dangling from my left shoulder, which refuses to obey when I try, with the help of someone else, to lift — there he is!