obligated

Example Sentences

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A Justice Department official said leadership officials were obligated to intervene when bureaucrats make moves inconsistent with the agency’s enforcement policies.

From The Wall Street Journal

I didn’t know why I felt obligated to explain myself at all, but I couldn’t very well share my real reason.

From Literature

Ethir said she believes the department has not provided all the records it is legally obligated to give the officers.

From Los Angeles Times

Sri Lanka’s defense secretary said the country is obligated to make sure the Iranians it now holds don’t join the war.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said he loved her but felt obligated to keep his parents, and the wider public, in the dark until she was properly educated, and he had returned from the Arctic in triumph.

From Literature