OBLIGATE in a Sentence

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266 example sentences for OBLIGATE, such as:
1. And they must be under obligation to them.
2. That first unlucky obligation, I have paid.
3. You are under no obligation to buy anything.
4. Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.
5. We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of OBLIGATE
obligate
 v.  force somebody to do something
 v.  commit in order to fulfill an obligation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And they must be under obligation to them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
2  And he knows we'll all be under obligation to him and his--mistress and that we'd almost rather be hanged than be obliged to them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
3  Now, Hugh Elsing, Rene, the Simmons boys, Andy Bonnell and the others found him pleasant, diffident about putting himself forward and embarrassed when they spoke of the obligation they owed him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
4  Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
5  It was understood that Miss Bart should fill the gap in such emergencies, and she usually recognized the obligation without a murmur.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
6  Miss Bart had received one or two notes from Judy Trenor, reproaching her for not returning to Bellomont; but she replied evasively, alleging the obligation to remain with her aunt.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
7  The fact that Gus Trenor was Judy's husband was at times Lily's strongest reason for disliking him, and for resenting the obligation under which he had placed her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
8  She was not fond of Bertha Dorset, but neither was she without a sense of obligation, the heavier for having so little personal liking to sustain it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
9  It was meant in kindness, of course; but it was not the sort of obligation one could remain under.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
10  But the task might take years to accomplish, even if she continued to stint herself to the utmost; and meanwhile her pride would be crushed under the weight of an intolerable obligation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
11  These were her superficial considerations; but under them lurked the secret dread that the obligation might not always remain intolerable.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
12  Life is an obligation which friends often owe each other in the wilderness.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
13  Elinor could hardly keep her countenance as she assented to the hardship of such an obligation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
14  It was a great relief to me to do this, and to enlarge on the obligation that I owed to Steerforth for his care of me when I was unable to take care of myself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
15  That first unlucky obligation, I have paid.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
Example Sentence: (56 in 4 pages)
1  You are under no obligation to buy anything.
2  Employers have an obligation to treat all employees equally.
3  I don't want people coming to see me out of a sense of obligation.
4  Naturally, we hope every citizen will vote, a simple obligation of democracy with results that profoundly affect our lives.
5  A lawyer owes an obligation of confidence to the client.
6  I have an ethical and a moral obligation to my client.
7  We attended the party more out of a sense of obligation than anything else.
8  We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.
9  Last time we checked, the press had an obligation to examine the claims made in campaign ads.
10  South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law.
11  Parents are under a legal obligation to educate their children.
12  They felt under no obligation to maintain their employees.
13  It is the obligation of citizens to perform military service.
14  It's her moral obligation to tell the police what she knows.
15  Tutors have a contractual obligation to research and publish.