How to Use disobedience in a Sentence

disobedience

noun

• The dog was punished for its disobedience.
• The student's disobedience shocked the teacher.
• As the kidz say, read the whole thing, and then think about what might happen in the case of widespread civil disobedience.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 16 June 2017
• The sting was instant, like being slapped across the face for disobedience.
  — Iman Hariri-Kia, Teen Vogue, 2 Oct. 2017
• Lobau served four years of jail time for acts of disobedience in his native Belarus in 2010.
  — Samya Kullab, ajc, 4 Feb. 2023
• Maybe this is why Mike came close to an act of disobedience that verged on career suicide.
  — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
• Authorities had to drag her out of the theater, and Desmond was thrown in jail for 12 hours and fined for her disobedience.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 8 Mar. 2018
• The catalyst or the nature of the disobedience may change, but the core issue remains.
  — Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Not out of spite or disobedience, but because the learning style itself made no sense to him.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2019
• In that ruling, the judge had warned Mr. Trump that continued disobedience could land him in jail.
  — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 6 May 2024
• Revere wasn’t court-martialed, but he was charged with disobedience and cowardice and kicked out of the militia.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• The flight was a stunning success but is best remembered for the crew’s disobedience.
  — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2017
• This week, small acts of disobedience can remind you of what is possible.
  — Claire Comstock-Gay, The Cut, 7 May 2018
• Yes, this movie is a safari to the shadowland, a place of death and fear where Simba ventures, early on, in disobedience of his father.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
• Published in 1936, it was read by some as a parable about pacifism and disobedience (and banned in fascist Spain and Germany by Franco and Hitler).
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
• Published in 1936, it was read by some as a parable about pacifism and disobedience (and banned in fascist Spain and Germany by Franco and Hitler).
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
• Likewise, the price of disobedience is ultimately borne by the child.
  — John Rosemond, charlotteobserver, 26 Apr. 2017
• From a short distance away, a faint haze could be seen above the rally, a manifestation of the public disobedience on the Common.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2019
• Francis’ move to end disobedience to the Vatican aims at ensuring the growing church there will be loyal to the pontiff.
  — Frances D'emilio, The Seattle Times, 11 June 2017
• The risk: such armed groups perform less well in war and their disagreements or disobedience run the risk of a civil war and may accelerating the decline of a state.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The club expressed concern to the Merseyside Police, the local constabulary, about the risk of disobedience.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
• The film is a story of love and disobedience as Pinocchio struggles to live up to his father’s expectations, per a brief logline.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Thousands of police have been training for months to prepare for a huge annual protest march and any flare-ups of civil disobedience.
  — David Tweed, Bloomberg.com, 15 June 2017
• Civil disobedience is never the safest choice, but systems don’t change until people take a stand.
  — Gary Hamel, Quartz at Work, 17 Aug. 2020
• Carlsbad, a coastal community in northern San Diego County, has been a hotspot for disobedience despite the threat of fines.
  — NBC News, 2 Jan. 2021
• The idea of self-value brings me back to the Ailey dancers, and why their disobedience - their independence - is encouraging.
  — Sarah L. Kaufman, miamiherald, 8 Mar. 2018
• What is clear is that antiwar sentiment, moral exhaustion, and episodes of disobedience flourished in the summer of 1917, the summer of Blood Dark.
  — Alice Kaplan, New Republic, 19 Oct. 2017
• Three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience, fined and banned from public office for 20 months.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
• When al Qaeda’s leaders expelled the group in 2014 for its disobedience, Adnani retorted that al Qaeda could not disown what had never belonged to it in the first place.
  — William McCants, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2014
• The man was also being held for previous misdemeanor warrants of willful disobedience of court order.
  — David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024