oblige

Example Sentences

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Mr. Broderick, himself a sometime movie star, brings a slyly funny air of noblesse oblige that dovetails amusingly with Jay’s pompous, blinkered dimness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Sane, an energy company executive, says he was happy to oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

The platform urged the Australian authorities to oblige app stores to check users' ages as an "additional safeguard" for the world-first crackdown.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

It seemed everywhere they went, someone asked Cruz to relive his arrest, and he would oblige, describing cold nights in detention with nothing to keep warm but a plastic blanket.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

“Gareth? Gaheris? Will you oblige me by putting on your armour, and strengthening the guard?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White