oblige

Example Sentences

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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

Thankfully, the world is too sane to oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

They rode to work in Rolls-Royces and adhered to a Protestant ethic of noblesse oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The restaurant — Kurrypinch in Thai Town — is one of Meek’s favorites, and he’s more than happy to oblige in taking the drink off Lenker’s hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

“I tend to tiptoe around the edges of any church I happen to see. But I’ll oblige y’all with a story, just to show I’m so very thankful for the hospitality and the vittles!”

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper