obligate

Example Sentences

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My sexuality doesn’t obligate me to embrace a particular ideology or to reject the moral inheritance of the society that made my life possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Brennan & Rogers, a Maine-based law firm, says those laws obligate adult children to provide necessities such as food, clothing, housing and medical care for their parents who can’t afford to take care of themselves.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

However it added that "preserving the side does not obligate the government to preserve all the buildings and structures... in their current state," and authorities had yet to assess the buildings.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

“The need for food, bills and rent money obligate you to look for work,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

In the church homily they say, "To Him alone we schall us to devote ourselves;" we bind or obligate ourselves.

From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by Balch, William Stevens