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obedient - use in sentences
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Moses was doing his best to make woman obedient to man.
Modifies a noun
- servant: I am, sir, your obedient servant, Belfast, January 10, 1880.
- slave: Soon, she would be his totally obedient slave.
- son: He, Jesus, is in a different class... he is the obedient son of the vineyard owner.
- dog: You want a loyal, happy, obedient dog.
- pet: The most good-natured or obedient pet may turn aggressive or behave in unpredictable ways.
- wife: The role of women The rabbis regard Ruth as the epitome of the obedient wife and mother figure whom they exalted.
Modifying Another Word
- perfectly: He shows us what it is to be perfectly obedient to God at all times.
- totally: Soon, she would be his totally obedient slave.
- extremely: Ben is extremely obedient and seems to recognize any command given.
- so: I wish my dreaming mind was always so obedient... Do you still have nightmares?
- very: I have the honor to be, Sir, Your very obedient humble, servant.
- always: Put another way, " faith is always obedient faith.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Verse 8 says, " By becoming obedient to the point of death.
- remain: Evidence of an expectation of the eschaton is also the advice to slaves to remain obedient to their masters.
- make: People cannot be made obedient except with the sword!
Preposition: in
- act: There is to be one State, to which all are to be obedient in every act of their lives.
Preposition: unto
- death: He was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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