obligingly

Example Sentences

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Gomina, still in his nightshirt, wanted to go to his office to change into uniform, and Tigri obligingly offered an escort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

He simmered on the Wembley touchline as he watched his team fold obligingly in the face of torrential English pressure.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

SpaceX appealed to the 5th Circuit Court, which obligingly ordered the case returned to Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

If you are then brave enough to tender an invitation, the entity will obligingly possess you while your guffawing friends, smartphones at the ready, gleefully capture its disturbing, sometimes embarrassing behavior.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

At the Faculty Club, the first person Lawrence encountered was Donald Shane, a mathematician who obligingly double-checked Lawrence’s scribbled calculations and agreed that the math appeared to be sound.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik