beholden
Example Sentences
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“From now on, I only want to be beholden to the morning sun,” she said.
From Literature
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Nor need they feel beholden to cupcake makers, cobblers, tax preparers or manufacturers of cheap lingerie.
As someone who didn’t cut his teeth through a specific offensive or defensive system, Harbaugh was never beholden to one.
Writers are beholden to truth rather than any particular narrative form, and the deconstructive and interior turns in fiction have yielded great works.
“Bread of Angels” is her story, and in choosing to write this book, she was only beholden to her own muses.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.