beholden

Example Sentences

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“So, I’m not beholden to it, but I like him in the three-hole right now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Chu is beholden to those pesky “Wizard of Oz” tie-ins at every turn, and Erivo and Grande get few chances to utilize their lovely chemistry.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

She’s excellent in the role, small and vulnerable yet tough and fierce, a pink-clad dynamo who is nevertheless beholden to others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"If companies are determined to increase pricing, it is beholden on us to make sure that customers are able to go elsewhere as easily as possible."

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

“I kin pay my own girl’s expense; I’ll not hev her beholden to a stranger. But what about you, Milton? You ain’t in health fer the likes of that journey, air you?”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt