Sentence examples for but obliging from inspiring English sources
He was bemused but obliging.
"But obliging these companies to follow that standard is very hard, because they are caught between two jurisdictions in Europe and the United States, and they need to make a choice about what law to comply with".
The newly evicted are not merely free but obliged to move.
(Mr. Van Aken said, "You've got to be kidding," but obliged).
She hated the very mention of the words "penis envy," but obliged Freud with a classic case of hysteria.
The French were furious, but obliged to agree; their troops were under British command.America also proved adept at working through the UN.
When one woman lunged at his facial hair, he turned to her and said: "You want to touch my fucking beard, you weirdo," but obliged her anyway.
She all but obliged her leading acolyte, Nathaniel Branden, to meet her for sex twice a week, informing both her husband and Mrs Branden that the arrangement was rational.
The detective greeted this demonstration with appropriate dubiousness but obliged us all the same, writing the insurance company on our behalf.
Of course, a theater critic with an evening to kill is all but obliged to uphold the standards of the trade by indulging in the traditional pastime: drinking.
"He said he was director of engineering," the headhunter confides to the company receptionist, who can't help but oblige by producing a name and extension.
