obliged
Example Sentences
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Despite typos and a complete lack of please or thank you, Claude obliged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
AFC members would not be obliged to vote against the proposals.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That would give those with no support the opportunity to withdraw, though they are not obliged to.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
I was surprised to see how my hands trembled opening it, so much that I was obliged to turn my back on my mother and grandmother in the living room and go to the kitchen.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing obliged
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