Sentence examples for was obliging from inspiring English sources

But the staff was obliging, the musicians didn't seem to care, and we were allowed in.

A favoured device to embarrass subordinates was obliging them to take his orders while he defecated.

Mr. Quinto, 36, was obliging a request to be interviewed at the Monkey Bar, off the lobby of the Elysée.

"He was obliging, very discreet, always smiling," said Bernard Sar, president of the local basketball club where Mr. Linguet's sons, 12 and 14, played.

"You getting a selfie with John Gotti?" Centofanti leaned over the ringside barricade and gestured toward the fighter, who was obliging.

Still other Americans believed that Johnson was not doing what was necessary to win the war and was obliging the military to fight "with one hand tied behind its back".

Shalit was obliged to agree.

Nero was obliged to flee the city.

Volcker was obliged to change course.

He was obliged to postpone it.

Soon he was obliged to flee.