Sentence examples for obligated from inspiring English sources

So no one had direct knowledge of why a Muslim man may feel religiously obligated to grow a beard, or what that obligation entails.

But Margaret Gilbert [2000] has objected that reductive approaches overlook the mutual obligations between participants essential to shared activity: each participant is obligated to the others to do his or her share of the activity, and unilateral withdrawal constitutes a violation of this obligation.

Attempts to defend special obligations run up against objections from insiders – why suppose that I am obligated to do more for certain persons just because I happen to stand in some special relationship to them? – and also from outsiders – why do other persons get more benefits just because they happen to stand in special relationships to other persons?

From endless parties and family gatherings you feel obligated to attend, to the rich foods you regrettably indulge in, and the expensive presents you feel compelled to purchase but can't afford, it's a time of year engineered for consumption.

Peter Hanks QC, representing the clinic, told justice Michael McDonald that the council was obligated, under the section 58 of the Act, to stop "nuisances which are, or are liable to be, dangerous to health or offensive".

Our goal is to meet everybody at his or her level.Once funded, are creators obligated to report the progress of their projects?

Does accountability to the crowd of backers seem to be a source of concern or motivation?Just like eBay or Etsy, you are obligated to do what you say you're going to do—fulfil the limited edition, or create the event or experience that you promised to create in exchange for someone opening their wallet and backing your project.

I don't think I've ever stopped from my busy schedule to respond to a magazine article, but with such consistantly compelling work, I'm obligated to do so.

It funds the United States' contributions to international fisheries commissions, including the international tuna and whaling commissions and the international salmon commission, as well as $15m the United States is obligated to pay Canada under the Pacific Salmon Treaty.

The union should thus be obligated to represent those players' interests.

Later, reviewing the progress of the cold war, the cardinal told an audience of academics, "Ronald Reagan obligated the Soviet Union to increase its military spending to the limits of insupportability".