Example sentences for: oblige

How can you use “oblige” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Their refusal to support the toppling of the Iraqi regime would oblige Washington either to reconsider or to press ahead unilaterally in defiance of its allies and international law, the paper said.

  • Subscribers to Slate on Paper who wish to receive a culture-free edition, with all the reviews and other artsy-fartsy stuff sliced out at no extra charge, can e-mail us at philistine@slate.com, and we'll be happy to oblige.

  • If all it takes is another tax credit to pacify critics of the original one, Clinton is happy to oblige.

  • FDR could do this not just because of his sense of noblesse oblige but because he had policies to propose that would rein in the rich.

  • The Bushes started as a noblesse oblige dynasty.


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