beholden

Example Sentences

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"I don't understand why we are in a situation where we're beholden to supply and demand when it comes to something as basic as healthcare and medicine," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The military said it refused to be beholden to a corporation and pushed back, labeling Anthropic a threat akin to an enemy foreign power and blocking it from some government contracts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Writers are beholden to truth rather than any particular narrative form, and the deconstructive and interior turns in fiction have yielded great works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025

My mother wanted her child beholden to no fate.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah