How To Use Disobey In A Sentence

I support a troop's right to disobey his or her commanding officer, to desert, to subvert the system that enslaves him.
She never disobeyed laws or rules for her own ill-gotten gains, it was just that she was good at it, and it was fun.
The soldier disobeyed an order.
An underground current in the U.S. military's officer corps believes that their legally elected civilian leaders can be disobeyed if an officer believes their orders to be "immoral. Robert Mackey: Politicizing the "Managers of Violence"
He's quite bloodthirsty, killing anyone who disobeys him and gets in his way.

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We drew our battle-axes at the same instant, and rushed at each other, but before either had an opportunity to strike, the pipe was thrust between us, compelling us to desist, to disobey which is instant death. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
Rogers was dismissed from the army for deliberately disobeying an order.
Her pupils often got the rough edge of her tongue when they disobeyed her.
rm line with him, punish him for disobeying my wishes for him. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Any who takes the bread without the wine, or the wine without the bread, "unworthily" communicates, and so "is guilty of Christ's body and blood"; for he disobeys Christ's express command to partake of both. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
They are also worried that some soldiers opposed to the withdrawal will disobey orders to evacuate settlers.
Secondly, the party disobeying the contempt order must do so in a deliberate and willful fashion in order to satisfy the criminal nature of the contempt proceedings.
But if a stranger or metic smite one who is older by twenty years or more, the same law shall hold about the bystanders assisting, and he who is found guilty in such a suit, if he be a stranger but not resident, shall be imprisoned during a period of two years; and a metic who disobeys the laws shall be imprisoned for three years, unless the court assign him a longer term. Laws
Tom never disobeyed his father, for Mr. Tulliver was a peremptory man, and, as he said, would never let anybody get hold of his whip hand; but he went out rather sullenly, carrying his piece of plumcake, and not intending to reprieve Maggie's punishment, which was no more than she deserved. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
We must obey traffic regulations,I can't disobey.
Disobeying this golden rule will result in undesirable consequences.
The former reflects the positive effects of rhetoric, while the latter violates the regularity of language itself, or disobeys the social code of ethics.
During World War II, a German army commander disobeyed orders to destroy the Ponte Vecchio.
People like your son disobey our laws, but I warn you firmly that we will not be undermined. DESPERADOES
They were required to cut pollution levels, on pain of a £10 000 fine if they disobeyed.
Hamlet," so far is he from any idea of blood revenge, that he doubts and disobeys the message from the other world, doubts indeed the existence of any other world, and dies at last not a bloody death, but by a foil "unbated and envenomed. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant
His dad would beat/knock/kick the shit out of him if he disobeyed.
Disobeying the 19th-century "rule" laid down at Le Cercle de Linguistique de Paris (forbidding the presentation of any paper dealing with the origin of language), Waldron presents a theory, that is at once logical, biological, and psychological, showing how language naturally emerges from its prelinguistic antecedents (perceptual and behavioral) to become the key factor in the development of a distinctively human kind of intelligence and thought. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 2
Laura's mother told her to stay inside, but she disobeyed and went out.
A pardon need not imply that a soldier did not desert, or show cowardice, or disobey orders.
Of course, if he was accepted into training, he would get in much more trouble for disobeying the rules.
‘O Allah, I swear by Thy Greatness and Thy Glory, I meant not through my disobedience to transgress against Thee; for indeed I am not ignorant of Thee; but my fault is one Thou didst foreordain to me from eternity without beginning; 357 so do Thou pardon my transgression, for indeed I disobeyed Thee of my ignorance!’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Generally speaking, things are sailing smoothly and so Mrs. Gao is not willing to disobey the official ideological demands or hints.
This power soon corrupted them and people were put to death for daring to disobey the laws.
Policing is only practicable and therefore expedient if the court acting in that role has power to enforce its powers if disobeyed.
He knew just how short his lifespan would be if he disobeyed a direct order from the human.
It is a medal that was given to a a soldier that # 1 disobeyed a direst order or command, put their Platoon, Unit, Command and or Dave M Murphy
She had disobeyed a witness summons ordering her to give evidence at the trial.
I wanted to disobey but feared it would make him iracundulous. Times, Sunday Times
So it is simply obey/disobey which is different from making a moral judgement. Augustine vs. Pelagius - Part One: Man, the Fall, and Original Sin | Heretical Ideas Magazine
Cannot submit an expense account, disobey financial institution.
Fishers in New Brunswick will disobey restrictions on crab fishing this spring.
He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
It followed that MJH, when it rendered the required account in the manner it did and the manner in which the debatement was conducted, did not disobey the court order of June ANC Daily News Briefing
The question is not: Do children frequently "disobey" their parents? The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Christ, and that to disobey is to be far from Him. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8)
The counter argument, from the disobeyer's point of view, is that the social contract is a fiction as there is no historical evidence of any such agreement ever being entered into.
But she did not know how to disobey her father and neither could she think of anyone to whom she could turn for help. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE
Vehicles are blatantly disobeying the no-traffic hours.
His dad would beat/knock/kick the shit out of him if he disobeyed.
She is likely to be court-martialled for disobeying her commanding officer.
Since the professor was not neutral in the elections, articles were published in the press, and he was dismissed when he disobeyed orders not to respond.
Ally Bennett had ordered him to return to the motel and he was too weak and afraid to disobey. TIES THAT BIND
He promised to "disobey" orders to deploy and acknowledge he was "inviting" court martial. Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
People like your son disobey our laws, but I warn you firmly that we will not be undermined. DESPERADOES
She'd kill him if he disobeyed and Nev's dad had threatened to belt him, if he went.
Determining the scope of fair dismissal for disobeying orders is vital in delimiting the bounds of managerial prerogative.
Seems pretty clear that he resisted arrest and disobeyed a lawful order toboot. The Volokh Conspiracy » An Interesting Case Involving Open Carry, Defense of Property, and Allegedly Resisting Arrest
Troops openly disobeyed orders, refusing to use force against their own people.
When she heard of the whippings I received after disobeying my father, she squealed in fright and then cringed at the thought of me not receiving food for 3 days.
Disobeying the law can head to trouble.
Aberrant in other respects, the swamp pheasant disobeys this law, and justifies its disobedience by inconspicuousness. Last Leaves from Dunk Island
But she did not know how to disobey her father and neither could she think of anyone to whom she could turn for help. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE
Laura's mother told her to stay inside, but she disobeyed and went out.
Then he turns his anger against the Walkyrie, who dared to disobey his commands and Bruennhilde flies before him, taking Sieglinda on her swift horse Grane, which bears both through the clouds. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas
Civil contempt at common law consists largely in disobeying a judgment or a court order.
Fred disobeys the head nurse, asking the porter to go out and buy him some wine and vermouth, which he hides under his bed.
Notwithstanding, we do not instigate anyone to disobey their laws, or either bigotedly, blindly follow them.
He was also charged with the offence of disobeying a lawful order.
Her pupils often got the rough edge of her tongue when they disobeyed her.
I agree that humans have the freedom to accept or reject God but freedom to disobey is not the same as freedom to judge. A California Ruling
This technicality was then extended to mean that we had "disobeyed" the police officers. Sit-In at Pelosi's Office After Breaking Promise on Kucinich Amendment
Laura's mother told her to stay inside, but she disobeyed and went out.
I recommend you not to disobey your officers.
John Morreall, who is a pioneer of humor research at the college of William and Mary, has found that laughter is a playful response to incongruities - stories that disobey conventional expectations.
He's been disobeying the cook and feeding that stray cat that's been hanging around leftover kedgeree from breakfast, and he doesn't want anyone to find out. Baronets, Bad and Otherwise
They were threatened with punishment if they disobeyed.
Once Adam disobeyed God, however, we became a fallen and sinful race living in a cursed world.
Thus natural standards of temper and conduct are seen to exist, below which men may not live without loss, and hence there are natural laws to disobey which is sin. The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers
I may be an unreconstructed teenage rebel, but a law that bans smoking by consenting adults in tobacconists seems to me to be a bad law, and one worth disobeying.
The parable, like the stories of the heroic women who disobeyed, in effect subverts the patriarchal system.
He added, "An order to represent al-Sharbi and al - Bahlul, then, would also be an order for Fleener and Kuebler to violate their professional ethics; by obeying their superiors, they risked disobeying the rules of the bar. Andy Worthington: An Empty Trial at Guantanamo
Tom never disobeyed his father, for Mr. Tulliver was a peremptory man, and, as he said, would never let anybody get hold of his whip-hand; but he went out rather sullenly, carrying his piece of plumcake, and not intending to reprieve Maggies punishment, which was no more than she deserved. V. Tom Comes Home. Book I—Boy and Girl
The government intends to institute court action against the firm which has disobeyed the wage controls.
She faces the dilemma of disobeying her father or losing the man she loves.
Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in a single multiform cause.
Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in a single multiform cause.
Any sailor who disobeys will be punished with six strokes of the whip.
His dad would beat/knock/kick the shit out of him if he disobeyed.
As the most senior member of staff on the ward, Salisbury was a mentor to trainee nurses and many were too nervous to disobey her commands.
Fortunately, the contadine disobey his orders and they arrive in Barataria.
Both bars have also developed a set of sanctions for patrons who disobey the rules.
Civil contempt at common law consists largely in disobeying a judgment or a court order.
Such outcomes reinforce the court's power to impose its decisions, and to punish those who disobey.
It But our obediefice uoto faim is to be a rational obedience* We must not disobey the conttitutioiML laws of the realm to execute bb commands, or the commands of bis officers under him. The Monthly mirror: reflecting men and manners; with strictures on their epitome, the stage ..
A king of England could not remove a pope from his position but popes claimed that they could remove a king by excommunicating him - this meant that the king's soul was condemned to Hell and people then had the right to disobey the king.
And though some, indeed, did things exactly contrary to this, and being before unaccustomed now went in the morning with a run to chapel in order that fewer being present the paradoxicalness of their appearance when compared with the multitude of those who were absent might gain them a prestige of virtue not real but simulated -- yet with most there was now neither fear of the Dean by land nor by sea of their coaches: disobeying whom they ate and drank all kinds of things contrary to law, no one being willing to exert himself for that which seemed to be honourable, and calculating that the present abstention from pastry was not equivalent to the possibility of being bumped in the future about as much and not less than if he had smoked three pipes and a cheroot. Manybooks.net
Her pupils often got the rough edge of her tongue when they disobeyed her.
The hands that Marion used to warm in her gentle mother's hair, are the same frozen hands her father beat into a bloody swollen pulp, when Marion once disobeyed him, at age five.
However, in a court martial trial that wrapped up Monday in Papua's provincial capital, Jayapura, the three soldiers were sentenced to between eight and 10 months in jail, for the relatively minor offense of disobeying orders to respect the rights of civilians and refrain from violence in the field. Soldiers Caught On Video Torturing Get Less Than A Year Sentence (Video)
That was technically the punishment they should have gotten, expulsion for disobeying a direct order from a superior.
The voice was calm but it held a firm note of authoritative quality that only fools would disobey.
The Enterprise, of course, hears that the battle is going badly and disobeys orders, saving the crew of the Defiant, which includes old crewmate Worf, on their way to Sector 001 (Earth). Revisiting the Movies – Star Trek: First Contact
She had disobeyed a witness summons ordering her to give evidence at the trial.
They were required to cut pollution levels, on pain of a £10 000 fine if they disobeyed.
I don't expect children to be rude, nor do I expect to be disobeyed.
It was Wong, eating a churro in the middle of the hallway - blatantly disobeying the no food outside the cafeteria rule.
No, we are talking about an underground current in the U.S. military's officer corps, in which some officers believe that their legally elected civilian leaders can be disobeyed if the individual officer believes the order to be "immoral. Robert Mackey: Politicizing the "Managers of Violence"
Betty's punctiliousness and house-cleanliness drive Peter mad; in turn, his strong rebellious streak and disobeying of her house orders get under her skin.
He urged Russian soldiers to disobey orders if asked to fire on civilian targets.
laid on the heart" is so clear and powerful that to disobey is to disobey the voice of God. The Thirsty Theologian
The tenant is also to receive a serious amercement for his trespass in disobeying the bailiffs.
Cameramen are forbidden by the Iraqis from filming from hotel balconies, but the rule is widely disobeyed.
An order forbidding members of a tribe to head-hunt was disobeyed.
Father, with several of our company, had gone there to try to buy flour and I, disobeying my mother in my curiosity to see more of our enemies, had tagged along unperceived. Chapter 13
Black had disobeyed the judge's ruling, and continued to harass his ex-wife.
Father Luis is a Jesuit missionary, sent to punish a disobeying priest in the middle of Amazon rain forest - which is a perfectly normal thing to happen since Father Luis lives in the 18th century. Ian McDonald - Brasyl (Book Review)
Ally Bennett had ordered him to return to the motel and he was too weak and afraid to disobey. TIES THAT BIND
Both bars have also developed a set of sanctions for patrons who disobey the rules.
Individual directors may disagree, bicker, dispute, squabble, fight or even disobey the chairman.
The soldier disobeyed an order.
So lost in thought was she that she nearly disobeyed her own rules.
That is what civil disobedience is: disobeying existing laws in order to promote change.
He faced a court martial for disobeying orders.
I disobeyed this rule once, and was found out - the only time in my life I was ever grounded.
I did not call on soldiers to resist or to disobey orders.
My father was very strict and old-fashioned, but I never disobeyed him.
However, she disobeys her orders and resists the dominant powers with little effort.
The group also encouraged British soldiers to disobey orders and refrain from entering combat.
God in the Old Testament of the Bible is a vengeful, jealous God that smites those who disobey him.
Castleford were alleged to have repeatedly disobeyed the committee's rules.
Have I ever with the slightest word disobeyed you? The Mischief Maker
I disobeyed this rule once, and was found out - the only time in my life I was ever grounded.
Under the word transgressor are included all those that disobey their maker, or, in shorter words, the ungodly. Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions
How dare you disobey me!
Compared, say, with Pekar and Roberson's Macedonia, let alone the brilliant work of Joe Sacco, Hunt doesn't really probe very far into the human side of the conflict - British soldiers are anonymous snarls, the civilians who mock and disobey the rebels merely rabble; only the rebels themselves are given full hagiographical treatment, including curiously iconic depiction of their faces taken from the classic photographs. May Books 3) Blood Upon The Rose: Easter 1916, by Gerry Hunt
And cannot to to lodge a complaint of town court of justice , disobey a court so administer principle, the court does not grant to accept.
I'll learn you how to disobey my orders!
The American tea partyers are talking about a tactic called defund and disobey. Small dead animals
In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and conventional behavior. Japundit - Published news
Nathan moans softly, clutching his shoulder, and Hayden disobeys Ryder's command and holds me strongly.
We aren't talking the ethical, moral, and legal requirement of military officers to disobey orders that are unconstitutional, violate U.S. or international law, or are obviously of such crass evil to be disobeyed out of hand. Robert Mackey: Politicizing the "Managers of Violence"
The idea of an absolute monarch, imbued with the idea of his royal superiority, being disobeyed by his daughters and cast out into the cold, who comes to question the justice of his rule, was heady stuff.
Severe disciplinary action would be taken against any soldier or policeman who disobeyed this order.
Civil disobedience may be justifiable, in some cases, when and if an individual disobeys a law in order to bring an issue to court, as a test case.
Secondly, the party disobeying the contempt order must do so in a deliberate and willful fashion in order to satisfy the criminal nature of the contempt proceedings.
First it was the outing of Prince Harry and the backlash from big media outlets that the Drudge Report had 'disobeyed' the embargo for discussing Harry's whereabouts as a British soldier. Tidbits of Dangers--Potential and Not--in the B'sphere
Conversely, you may be entitled to disobey an instruction which management ostensibly has the power to give.
The officer will be charged with four counts of disobeying a lawful command.
The director sailed in, demanding to know who had disobeyed his orders.
His dad would beat/knock/kick the shit out of him if he disobeyed.
His dad would beat/knock/kick the shit out of him if he disobeyed.
Folks, I work within strolling distance of McCain's campaign office in central Phoenix, a mere mile from the Az. Biltmore ... a couple of things I notice from the parking lot - his supporters don't buy American cars any more than Dems do (although they do drive bigger vehicles), and they disobey the building's no parking laws just like we unreal Americans do ... sign on the entrance to the building this afternoon said that they were only doing interviews with Arizona press at that point. The Fight for Arizona - Swampland - TIME.com
Through these lawsuits, they seek to establish near exclusive permanent control over each and every use of the recordings their members distribute, expanding the power of copyright owners to include things which are not part of the existing body of law, and extracting financial penalties from the largely defenseless individuals accused of disobeying them. FSF steps into RIAA vs The People war
Under the 1883 law, the police were authorized to arrest any child between seven and fifteen who habitually skipped school, disobeyed teachers, or frequented public places during school hours.
But a young lieutenant, Roberts, disobeyed his command and carried him to the medical camp, where he died.
Nine times out of 10, said the report, crashes were due to drivers and pedestrians disobeying the rules of the road.
If it does, it will be important to disobey it and have it tested in the courts, which one hopes will recognise its manifest absurdity.
By the power and might of the great God, and through the grace which he vouchsafes to our empire, be the name of the Khan blessed; and let all such as disobey (what is herein directed) suffer death and be utterly destroyed. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante)
rm line with him, punish him for disobeying my wishes for him. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
She faces the dilemma of disobeying her father or losing the man she loves.
For long time, the people have been think that decrepitude is a process of abiogenesis, is the natural regulation that can't resist, the anti-decrepitude is to disobey the physical law.
‘I worry that a small part of the bureaucracy disobeys the rules that say they should serve the people,’ Yuan said.
All this time the poor creature was discussing with herself as to whether she had disobeyed orders, in a kind of garrulous way that made me fear much for her capability of retaining anything secret if she was questioned. Curious, if True Strange Tales
I felt that, in disobeying the law, I was honouring them in my own small, unheroic and doubtless futile way.
Although moderate nonconformists did confront and disobey civil and ecclesiastical governments, their opposition was distinguished by an advocacy of non-violent defiance as the proper response of the godly.
Although the Swedes are routed, the prince is court-martialled for disobeying orders and sentenced to death. The Prince of Homburg
He told me that as far as he could find out (and he had made many inquiries), no taximan had ever disobeyed a traffic light while the bombs were falling. St. George and Merrie England
However, she disobeys her orders and resists the dominant powers with little effort.

How To Use Disobey In A Sentence

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