Sentences with obedient
o·be·di·ent
O o - He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents.
- An obedient son.
- He fought in Kenya during the anti-colonial Mau Mau rebellion, proving himself a tough and obedient soldier, if somewhat overzealous.
- For the young lovers, obeying their parents is impossible; to suggest they could be more obedient is, in a sense.
- I can still see the poignant etching of selfless, caring Simpson and his obedient donkey.
- And believe all they see and hear from obedient state-controlled media.
- Obedient suggests a giving in to the orders or instructions of one in authority or control [an obedient child]; docile implies a temperament that submits easily to control or that fails to resist domination [a docile servant]; tractable implies ease of management or control but does not connote the submissiveness of , docile and applies to things as well as people [silver is a tractable, i.e., malleable, metal]; compliant suggests a weakness of character that allows one to yield meekly to another's request or demand [army life had made him compliant]; amenable suggests such amiability or desire to be agreeable as would lead one to submit readily [she is amenable to discipline]