Sentence examples for rather than obeyed from inspiring English sources

The piece is a typical instance of the sensibility that so attracted Miles Davis - who, like Jamal, sought vehicles for improvisation that freely moved by changes of mood, dynamics and density, rather than obeyed the rigid dictates of the song structures.

In fact, Senator Pinochet may find uncongenial a life in which others talk back rather than obey orders.

We may occasionally see a principled journalist going to jail rather than obey a court order to divulge a source.

Rather than obey the teller manual and deliver subpar service, she decided to make choices within her own sphere.

The trade minister, Greg Hands, resigned rather than obey the Conservative whip and vote for the airport's expansion.

In Basra, more than 1,000 recently qualified soldiers deserted rather than obey orders to fight against Mr. Sadr's Mahdi Army.

Rather than obey a command like "Stay!" they might be scheming to grab the hamburger out on the counter.

Citizens are being urged to flout the law and pay a fine rather than obey the individual mandate that requires them to buy insurance.

But they didn't like the stage directions, so, rather than obey them, they came out and read them sarcastically to the audience.

He subsequently resigns the position, along with his boss Elliot Richardson, rather than obey an order from Nixon to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosector in the Watergate scandal.

A fiery advocate for the disenfranchised, Mr. Traficant became a local folk hero when he went to jail for three days rather than obey a court order to foreclose on the homes of unemployed mill workers.