be under obligation
Example Sentences
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Arriving in the convention city of Philadelphia, he boasted that he had been personally covering his travel and telephone expenses and said that if nominated, “I will be under obligation to nobody except the people.”
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2015
The German Government was declared to be under obligation to pay damages estimated at 140,749 French francs to the French Government, which had chartered the boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hates to be under obligation to anyone, especially her own mother.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
We went on to Chatham this day week, in search of some big man-of-war's-man who should be under obligation to salute him—unfortunately found none.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Dickens, Mamie
"I don't like the man and I don't want you to be under obligation to him," said Samson.
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott
