sense of obligation
Example Sentences
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Adult children today don’t feel the same cultural sense of obligation or duty that their parents felt toward their own mothers and fathers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
This includes throwing away items, including gifts, that have been kept through a sense of obligation rather than enjoyment.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
What, exactly, about the Senate was supposed to appeal to Kemp, other than a sense of obligation to run for the party’s sake?
From Slate ● May 10, 2025
Kendricks agreed, explaining that a sense of obligation has weighed on him since Staley was let go last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
The next morning, over breakfast, it’s on an impulse that I ask her, maybe from a sense of obligation, or maybe from a small hope that she’ll enjoy seeing this piece of my world.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
