do one's duty

Example Sentences

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"I felt it was my duty to come. I certainly felt it would be an unpleasant experience, but that's not a good enough reason not to do one's duty."

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2013

It was more honorable to ride at races, to play high stakes, and drain three bottles at dinner, than to study and to do one's duty?

From In the Valley by Frederic, Harold

"To do one's duty in," she replied gently, but rebukingly.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John

“When one has boys, one must do one’s duty by them; but it was confoundedly hard, by Jove!”

From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

But if, to be a man of business, it is not enough to do one's duty scrupulously, but the very heart must be in it, then is there something wrong with business.

From A Rough Shaking by MacDonald, George