Sentence examples for was obliged from inspiring English sources

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was encouraged

was authorized

was categorized

was authorised

was involved

Dictionary

was obliged

verb

To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.

I am obliged to report to the police station every week.

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Exact(58)

Shalit was obliged to agree.

The New Yorker

Nero was obliged to flee the city.

Encyclopedia Britannica

He was obliged to postpone it.

The Economist

Volcker was obliged to change course.

The New Yorker

Soon he was obliged to flee.

The Guardian - Books

Rio Tinto's C.E.O. was obliged to resign.

The New Yorker

"The state was obliged to buy it.

The New York Times

He was obliged to resign as chairman.

The Guardian - Arts

Columbia was obliged to agree, too.

The Guardian - Film

Similar(2)

"Sometimes you are obliged.

The New York Times

We were obliged to release them all.

The New Yorker

More suggestions(15)

was impelled

was urged

was observed

was entitled

was necessitated

was acknowledged

was recognised

began obliged

was pledged

become obliged

was acknowledgement

was duty bound

members obliged

maybe obliged

member obliged

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