Sentences with 'obedient'
Example sentences and phrases with the word obedient and other words derived from it.
• « These weaknesses were reflected in one simple fact: there were several times over the centuries when there were rival popes, usually appointed by obedient ecclesiastical officials answerable to kings. »
• « A girl educated in the Renaissance was trained to be an obedient wife and companion, not an independent thinker in her own right. »
• « Catherine the Great also created the first educational institution for girls in Russia, the Smolny Institute, admitting the daughters of nobles and, eventually, well-to-do commoners (ironically, given its own power, the Institute trained noble girls to be obedient and compliant wives rather than aspiring leaders). »