All 8 Uses of
oblige
in
Dubliners
- Lest I should betray my agitation I delayed a few moments pretending to fix my shoe properly and then, saying that I was obliged to go, I bade him good-day.†
Chpt 2
- The other, who walked on the verge of the path and was at times obliged to step on to the road, owing to his companion's rudeness, wore an amused listening face.†
Chpt 6
- She would give him neither money nor food nor house-room; and so he was obliged to enlist himself as a sheriff's man.†
Chpt 7
- The music-hall artistes would oblige; and Sheridan played waltzes and polkas and vamped accompaniments.†
Chpt 7 *
- He had made two attempts to shave but his hand had been so unsteady that he had been obliged to desist.†
Chpt 7
- He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr. Alleyne for his impertinence but he knew what a hornet's nest the office would be for him.†
Chpt 9
- "I'm very much obliged to you, old man," said the invalid.†
Chpt 14 *
- Gabriel hesitated a moment and said: "If you will allow me, Miss Ivors, I'll see you home if you are really obliged to go."†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(oblige as in: I obliged her every request.) grant a favor to someone
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(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something