Example sentences for: obedient

How can you use “obedient” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Just when the Mexicans were on the point of surrender, the rains came early and the Indians, obedient to their gods, dropped their weapons and returned to their milpas to plant the sacred corn.

  • buxom: obedient

  • To smooth things over, the sultan sent a peace mission to the Thai court and, for extra coverage, an envoy to China, reconfirming Muzzafar Shah’s title as most obedient vassal.

  • "This is a very obedient crowd.

  • Deming's emphasis on worker autonomy and a joint "conversation" about the company's goals revises the much stricter model of "scientific management" championed by Frederick W. Taylor at the turn of the century, in which the workers were expected to be obedient drones.


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