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.

  • "This is a very obedient crowd.

  • In theory, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs at that time, Colin Powell, was an obedient officer ranking directly below Clinton in the chain of command.

  • buxom: obedient

  • 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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