beholden

Example Sentences

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“Bread of Angels” is her story, and in choosing to write this book, she was only beholden to her own muses.

From Salon

Some experts have said that Tesla’s board is beholden to Musk and does not act independently.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s excellent in the role, small and vulnerable yet tough and fierce, a pink-clad dynamo who is nevertheless beholden to others.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If companies are determined to increase pricing, it is beholden on us to make sure that customers are able to go elsewhere as easily as possible."

From BBC

I can’t tell you who or what the right-wing justices feel beholden to.

From Salon