Sentence examples for obligatory about from inspiring English sources

The parental deception, the excess, the way in which getting eclipses giving: even enthusiasts must admit to occasional doubts about the ritual over which Santa Claus presides, about the lying that seems obligatory, about the way the myth manages to overshadow more complex forms of faith.

Therefore, Zakat is obligatory (about 2.5% of one's savings) but only if it can be afforded.

They fool around, but there's something sad and obligatory about their couplings; at one point, neighbor Jim (Jamey Sheridan) sighs, "Somehow it seemed a little better in my imagination".

There was the obligatory commotion about internet piracy.

As for "Dark Star," a bounteous highlight of 3/29/90, it registered here as an obligatory mess: swirling about without a center, it never developed much direction or purpose.

Especially as of late, pink is just about obligatory as a color choice for handsets.

There is some obligatory moaning about the status of mistresses.

After the obligatory comments about the view, visitors invariably add, "But the kitchen is really small".

Mr. Anderson fielded a few obligatory questions about Scientology and Tom Cruise, whom he directed in "Magnolia".

Asked the obligatory question about a Smiths reunion, he offered up this new, patriotic suggestion.

And it ends on a note of obligatory optimism about the possibility of "enlightened leadership", restoring the Atlantic partnership.