Sentence examples for superiors order from inspiring English sources

Several enlisted men who were convicted of doing the killing had said they were acting on superiors' order.

Later, four of the men said they had acted on superiors' orders.

In 1998, however, the four enlisted men ended their silence and said they had been acting on their superiors' orders.

In Affile, many deny that General Graziani was a fascist tyrant, arguing that he just obeyed his superiors' orders.

Captain Schettino has said his superiors ordered him to get close to an island, Giglio, for better sightseeing.

His superiors ordered him to set up a temporary base here, on a forested ridge above a dirt road.

For sticking by his troops when his superiors ordered him to abandon them Jackson was loved; his soldiers nicknamed him Old Hickory on account of his toughness.

Dr. Erekat made his diplomatic entrance by defying his superiors' orders in the Madrid peace talks in 1991, when the Palestinians were trying to keep a low profile.