obliged
Example Sentences
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Obliged to move back in with her family in the projects, Undine one day finds herself accosted by two women in the neighborhood.
From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2019
Obliged to make the trek to No. 1 Court, where he had not played in three years, Federer surely could not have imagined how long his visit would turn out to be.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2018
Obliged to fulfil his contract, he released a succession of uninspired albums of odds, sods and studio jams.
From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2016
Obliged to win now, they traded star-spangled No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins for Love.
From Forbes • Jan. 15, 2015
Obliged to walk slowly, she could not slip out; but she made a progress which was almost stately, as, without speaking to her sister-in-law, or looking at her, she left the room.
From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
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