incumbent on
Example Sentences
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“OK fine—is it not then an endeavor incumbent on you to behave likably?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
However, those coalitions will be tested in a presidential election without the incumbent on the ballot, a moment that is growing closer every day.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
“It’s incumbent on every single one of us to put our best foot forward,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025
As the governing party at the time, he added, it was "incumbent on us" to show the party could deliver its policy programme.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025
He would have felt it incumbent on him to supply his granddaughter with clothes if she were indecently clad or if she were ragged or cold, but not to marry in.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
