oblige

Example Sentences

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It is obliged, instead, to adopt what François Jacob, a French biologist, referred to in 1977 as a strategy of “tinkering.”

From The Wall Street Journal

China would have sought his extradition, and the government or some corrupt officials no doubt would have obliged.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thankfully, the world is too sane to oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal

Coogan duly obliged in the famous nasal voice of the fictional Norwich broadcaster: "Now, I wouldn't call Rob's style 'sports driving' exactly, but it's certainly very spirited."

From BBC

He definitely knows why he got an MRI, and he also knows full well that the Constitution outlines the laws he is obliged to follow.

From Salon