duty-bound
Example Sentences
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“We feel duty-bound to ensure that the Philippines can maintain and will maintain their sovereignty,” Ryan said.
From Washington Times
That goes for the president, and Hur is duty-bound, either to develop concrete evidence or shut his fledgling operation down.
From Seattle Times
Business Secretary Grant Shapps: "We are duty-bound to protect the lives... of the British people"
From BBC
"If somebody comes before the Committee and misleads us, they are duty-bound to correct the record."
From Reuters
Business Secretary Grant Shapps has been telling the House of Commons the government is "duty-bound to protect the lives and the livelihoods of the British people".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.