The object is a secondary part of the sentence that completes or restricts the meaning of a verb or sometimes an adjective, a word denoting state, or a noun.

Haviland closed the door. (Wilson)

I was very proud of it. (Braddon)

He had never liked Soames. He now held him responsible for Bosinney’s death. (Galsworthy)

“You are afraid of dying,” said Bing. (Heym)

There are three kinds of objects in English:

1. the direct object,
2. the indirect object, and
3. the cognate object.