oblige

Example Sentences

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Many assume accommodation will be available if they want it, and many therapists oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Before the end of the year, Pham hopes to rationalize conflicting rules that now oblige traders to put up more collateral than needed to secure margin loans.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

One fan even made a bit of history when he tossed a $20 bill onstage, which was enough for Simon to gamely oblige his request to play a verse of “Kodachrome.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

I duck across the street in a baseball cap to oblige my 11-year-old’s plea to avoid her bus stop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2025

The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the schoolroom, and oblige them to stand there till the sermon was finished.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë