All 9 Uses of
oblige
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Obliged, to some extent, to forgo dreaming in order to find the way, he reached the churchyard, and passed round it under the wall where several ancient trees grew.†
Chpt 7-9
- The question was such a profound one that Henery was obliged to drink there and then from the large cup till the bottom was distinctly visible inside.†
Chpt 7-9
- I should be much obliged to you if you would keep the contents of this letter a secret for the present, dear friend.†
Chpt 13-15
- Bathsheba, when she learnt of this proposal—for Oak was obliged to consult her—at first languidly objected.†
Chpt 49-51
- Six years were a long time, but how much shorter than never, the idea he had for so long been obliged to endure!†
Chpt 49-51
- She was leaning back, sipping a cup of tea that she held in her hand, and the owner of the male voice was Boldwood, who had apparently just brought the cup to her, Bathsheba, being in a negligent mood, leant so idly against the canvas that it was pressed to the shape of her shoulder, and she was, in fact, as good as in Troy's arms; and he was obliged to keep his breast carefully backward that she might not feel its warmth through the cloth as he gazed in.†
Chpt 49-51
- If wild heat had to do wi' it, making ye long to over-come the awkwardness about your husband's vanishing, it mid be wrong; but a cold-hearted agreement to oblige a man seems different, somehow.†
Chpt 49-51 *
- I wish I had not been obliged to go to this dance; but there's no escaping now.†
Chpt 52-54 *
- Whenever he wanted directions he sent a message, or note with neither heading nor signature, to which she was obliged to reply in the same offhand style.†
Chpt 55-57
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