beholden
Example Sentences
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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
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
