All 13 Uses of
oblige
in
The Red Badge of Courage
- For a time he was obliged to labor to make himself believe.
Chpt 1obliged = required (to do something)
- Previously he had never felt obliged to wrestle too seriously with this question.
Chpt 1
- He saw that he would again be obliged to experiment as he had in early youth.
Chpt 1
- And thereafter it lay stretched in the distance behind a long gray wall, that one was obliged to look twice at to make sure that it was smoke.
Chpt 3
- The lieutenant was obliged to assist him.
Chpt 5
- He was obliged to force his way with much noise.
Chpt 7
- He was obliged to walk upon bog tufts and watch his feet to keep from the oily mire.
Chpt 7
- Thus, many men of courage ... would be obliged to desert the colors and scurry like chickens.
Chpt 11 *obliged = required
- He was obliged to turn the other's head so that the full flush of the fire light would beam upon it.
Chpt 13obliged = required (to do something)
- At this time there was an interposition by the savage-minded lieutenant, who was obliged to vent some of his inward dissatisfaction upon his men.
Chpt 16
- He was obliged to halt and retrace his steps.
Chpt 19
- But the lieutenant suppressed the man who wished to fist fight, and the tall captain, flushing at the little fanfare of the red-bearded one, was obliged to look intently at some trees.
Chpt 21
- For a time the youth was obliged to reflect in a puzzled and uncertain way.
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something