All 7 Uses of
oblige
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- In olden days they had, of course, been often obliged to fight to maintain themselves in a hard world; but in Bilbo's time that was very ancient history.†
Chpt Pro.
- All Hobbits had originally lived in holes in the ground, or so they believed, and in such dwellings they still felt most at home; but in the course of time they had been obliged to adopt other forms of abode.†
Chpt Pro.
- But Lobelia can perhaps be forgiven: she had been obliged to wait about seventy-seven years longer for Bag End than she once hoped, and she was now a hundred years old.†
Chpt 1.3
- Merry, Sam, and Pippin now clothed themselves in spare garments from their packs; and they soon felt too hot, for they were obliged to put on some of the thicker and warmer things that they had brought against the oncoming of winter.†
Chpt 1.8
- Before long Frodo was obliged to dismount and struggle along on foot.†
Chpt 1.12
- It is rash to be too sure, yet I think that we may hope now that the Ringwraiths were scattered, and have been obliged to return as best they could to their Master in Mordor, empty and shapeless.†
Chpt 2.3
- I feared all along that we should be obliged to take this road.†
Chpt 2.4 *
Definition:
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(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something