Sentence examples for been obliged from inspiring English sources
verb
To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
(They have recently been obliged to acquire a family crest).
How many had been obliged to undergo such extreme therapy?
He has been obliged to sack Mr Kiriyenko and recall Mr Chernomyrdin.
Last year, he had been obliged to spend $8.825m for just nine.
In Britain municipalities have been obliged to hold public tenders for waste management since 1989.
Ford and the Chrysler division of DaimlerChrysler have been obliged to follow suit.
Since February retailers have been obliged to accept old appliances for recycling when making new sales.
Since then investment banks have been obliged to reduce such conflicts of interest.
Awareness programs have been launched, studies have been conducted, bishops have been obliged to resign.
In recent months China's leaders have been obliged to question many of their guiding economic principles.
Regulators have already been obliged to bend the rules for them.
