Sentence examples for were obliged from inspiring English sources

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were obliged

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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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We were obliged to release them all.

"And we were obliged to do it".

"We were obliged to do it.

.. However, counsel were obliged to be careful what they signed.

Officers were obliged to salute the little boy.

"The Hutus were obliged to come out," she says.

And we were obliged to be polite in return.

Artists were obliged to signal knowingness on this score.

Bosses of local subsidiaries were obliged to join in.

Therefore, they were obliged to hide their need for truth and coming out.

Over time, laws were promulgated over territories that outsiders were obliged to respect.

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