be under obligation
Example Sentences
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Arriving in the convention city of Philadelphia, he boasted that he had been personally covering his travel and telephone expenses and said that if nominated, “I will be under obligation to nobody except the people.”
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2015
The German Government was declared to be under obligation to pay damages estimated at 140,749 French francs to the French Government, which had chartered the boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hates to be under obligation to anyone, especially her own mother.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
The cry from all quarters is, 'He is the proudest man in the world: He cannot bear to be under obligation.'
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry
And the faithful shall be under obligation to conform thereto.
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole
