Sentence examples for would not obey from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Bush also said he would not obey it.

Mr. Harvin would not obey his commands to stop, Officer London said.

They considered the draft unconstitutional, "and they would not obey it".

My colleagues and I, after careful consideration, decided that we would not obey this decree.

"I have never known a horse or a dog that would not obey his slightest command.

My colleagues man and I, after careful consideration, decided that we would not obey this decree.

I will never forget her chastened expression when, after her long diatribe on the uselessness of a printer that wouldn't obey, I looked it over, bent down, and simply plugged it in.

His mother, Maria Mayol, 34, said she felt overwhelmed by the task of raising Brien and his brother, Matthew, 6. "They wouldn't listen; they wouldn't obey," she said.

Our father no longer raises his voice or drags Christina by the wrist or whips her for lollygagging; he could yell himself hoarse and whip his arm crippled, and still Christina wouldn't obey.

In 1973, President Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox because he wouldn't obey Nixon's order to stop looking into Watergate.

From a sweet well-behaved child, he changed into to a little monster who wouldn't obey his teacher's simplest request.