Examples of disobedience in a Sentence
The student's disobedience shocked the teacher.
The dog was punished for its disobedience.
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Due to disobedience, they had been carried off to a foreign land.
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Rev. Tom Rakow, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2024
Alleging disobedience, among other claimed doctrinal infractions, the OCA excommunicated the Homyks and longtime parish council leader Rivera.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Pardons have sometimes been used in the past — in some cases wisely, in others not — to turn the page on divisive episodes of civil disorder and disobedience.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
That kind of aspirational-prediction dynamic is informing Trump’s disobedience of congressional statutes that limit his control over the executive branch.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
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Rev. Tom Rakow, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2024
Alleging disobedience, among other claimed doctrinal infractions, the OCA excommunicated the Homyks and longtime parish council leader Rivera.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Pardons have sometimes been used in the past — in some cases wisely, in others not — to turn the page on divisive episodes of civil disorder and disobedience.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
That kind of aspirational-prediction dynamic is informing Trump’s disobedience of congressional statutes that limit his control over the executive branch.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Disobedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disobedience. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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disobedience
noun
dis·obe·di·ence
ˌdis-ə-ˈbēd-ē-ən(t)s 
: failure or refusal to obey
disobedient
adjective
-ənt
disobediently
adverb
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