obliged
Example Sentences
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In return for permission to build extra apartments, the developers of the store and 40 others were obliged to allocate space for a supermarket.
From Barron's
Kyiv would be obliged to respond to any violations of electoral laws by such candidates and bar them from participating.
In 424 B.C., he was exiled for 20 years after failing to block its advance—a humiliation that obliged him to reappear in his own narrative.
No-one is found guilty or innocent, but an inquiry publishes conclusions and recommendations, which the government is not obliged to accept.
From BBC
But because of asylum laws, countries are legally obliged to hear their cases.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
