duty-bound
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Duty-bound even as a tyke, Princess Elizabeth learned to control her bladder to endure lengthy state ceremonies without squirming.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2021
But Fitzgerald's translation makes vivid the sufferings of both Dido and her anointed suitor: "Duty-bound,/ Aeneas, though he struggled with desire/ To calm and comfort her in all her pain."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Duty-bound to give up her true love, Group Captain Peter Townsend, she settled for Antony Armstrong-Jones, and is now legally separated.
From Time Magazine Archive
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