What is "complying"

Usage examples of "complying".

She submitted in the manner of complying with the rule that it was, at times, her duty to become an inanimate object turned over to her husband's use.

I am merely complying with the system which my fellow men have established.

But, like John, I'm simply complying with their moral code and refusing to grant them a double standard at my expense.

It was a formal notice, complying with every requirement of the law—except that no such deficiency had ever existed and no such trial had ever taken place.

To their apprehensions, it was no less a matter of surprise, that any individuals should entertain scruples against complying with the established mode of worship, than if they had conceived a sudden abhorrence to the manners, the dress, or the language of their native country.

According to the loose and complying notions of Polytheism, he might acknowledge the God of the Christians as one of the many deities who compose the hierarchy of heaven.

The predecessors of Julian, his uncle, his brother, and his cousin, indulged their puerile taste for the games of the Circus, under the specious pretence of complying with the inclinations of the people.

But it was impossible to obtain the confidence of Michael, without complying with his vices.

The friends of Tarik had effectually stated his services and wrongs: at the court of Damascus, the proceedings of Musa were blamed, his intentions were suspected, and his delay in complying with the first invitation was chastised by a harsher and more peremptory summons.

You sang that jolly song about having to hear the hijacker before complying, and you heard the hijacker.

Was she walking a passenger to his death to save the rest, or just complying with what she couldn't change?

I thought of warning him that a man had been shot nearby for not complying with the bare-to-the-waist order, but decided against it.

Old John wore a coat when everyone else was complying with the Bare Back order .

Then, complying with the captain's command, he made his way out into the corridor and found the nearest turbolift In less than a minute, the three of them were walking out onto the Stargazer's bridge.

Laramar said, complying with her request minimally, and somewhat reluctantly, Ayla thought.