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oblige as in:  I am obliged by law.

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  • I didn't want to help, but I felt obliged because of our family connections.
    obliged = required to
  • They looked at me expectantly and I felt obliged to comment.
    obliged = required
  • We live as we have for centuries by a code called Pashtunwali, which obliges us to give hospitality to all guests and in which the most important value is nang, or honor.   (source)
    obliges = requires
  • There are unwanted babies born every day—and not all of them get storked. We're obliged to take the ones that don't.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • How could he explain to Hammond about the reality of DNA dropouts, the patches, the gaps in the sequence that Wu had been obliged to fill in, making the best guesses he could, but still, making guesses.   (source)
  • I couldn't just pull out the black Mary picture and show it to August without the truth wrecking everything, and she would decide—might decide, would decide, I couldn't say—that she was obliged to call T. Ray to come get me.   (source)
    obliged = required (obligated)
  • We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • Nothing less than the bloodhounds must be used to locate their furniture, Miss Tutti insisted, so Mr. Tate was obliged to go ten miles out the road, round up the county hounds, and put them on the trail.   (source)
  • "We are obliged to listen to the testimony, Matthew," said Captain Talcott reasonably.   (source)
    obliged = required (obligated)
  • She got up and went toward the door, where she felt obliged to give us an explanation.   (source)
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  • Perhaps it was the smile, or maybe the ever-ready love she saw in his eyes--easy and upfront, the way colts, evangelists and children look at you: with love you don't have to deserve--that made her go ahead and tell him what she had not told Baby Suggs, the only person she felt obliged to explain anything to.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • I was obliged during the course of that first morning to go constantly in and out of the room, and so was unable to follow the proceedings at all fully.   (source)
  • The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • He no longer thought twice about picking up a supper uninvited if he got the chance, he had been obliged to do it for so long, and he knew only too well what it was to be really hungry, not merely politely interested in the dainties of a well-filled larder.   (source)
    obliged = required (compelled)
  • He swears that they are obliged by an army order to wear silk chemises and to bathe before entertaining guests of the rank of captain and upwards.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • It was three o'clock when Matthew came with a doctor, for he had been obliged to go all the way to Spencervale for one.   (source)
  • ...had I been obliged, the next moment, to hurl myself out of the window, I should still have preferred such a fate.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • Thus, many men of courage ... would be obliged to desert the colors and scurry like chickens.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • Often the sunken rocks just beneath the surface obliged us to deviate from our straight course.   (source)
  • "The woman's an idiot," thought Morris; but he was obliged to say something different.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • I couldn't let my children be shabbily dressed; I have felt obliged to use up all he gave me for them, the sweet little darlings!   (source)
    obliged = required (obligated)
  • I am not obliged to tell you.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • I was obliged to admit that I did know it for a certainty,   (source)
  • 'And that's the jury-box,' thought Alice, 'and those twelve creatures,' (she was obliged to say 'creatures,' you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds,) 'I suppose they are the jurors.'   (source)
  • Vague ideas passed through my mind, but every one I was obliged to reject.   (source)
  • The woman could not read, and was obliged to employ another to read the letter.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • Sometimes he thought that I felt deeply the degradation of being obliged to answer a charge of murder, and he endeavoured to prove to me the futility of pride.   (source)
  • Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • We may be obliged to give him a new identity.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • He sank his voice, like someone who is obliged for medical reasons to utter an obscenity.   (source)
    obliged = required (compelled)
  • They are obliged to prevent their followers from starving to death in numbers large enough to be inconvenient,   (source)
    obliged = required (obligated)
  • ...and they are obliged to remain at the same low level of military technique as their rivals; but once that minimum is achieved, they can twist reality into whatever shape they choose.   (source)
    obliged = required (compelled)
  • He was obliged to walk upon bog tufts and watch his feet to keep from the oily mire.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • One isn't obliged to ask everyone to one's house, you know; has he ever asked me to his?   (source)
  • …the course of our love on which I was always obliged to count only for the following afternoon.   (source)
  • Previously he had never felt obliged to wrestle too seriously with this question.   (source)
  • He was obliged to turn the other's head so that the full flush of the fire light would beam upon it.   (source)
  • And here am I, obliged to draw back the small curtains, just to get a tiny streak of daylight.   (source)
  • He saw that he would again be obliged to experiment as he had in early youth.   (source)
  • …he might have been obliged to part from Odette...   (source)
  • He was obliged to halt and retrace his steps.   (source)
  • The lieutenant was obliged to assist him.   (source)
  • For a time he was obliged to labor to make himself believe.   (source)
  • He was obliged to force his way with much noise.   (source)
  • For a time the youth was obliged to reflect in a puzzled and uncertain way.   (source)
  • Plain sewing was the only thing I could get money by, so I was obliged to try and do it well.   (source)
  • I only puzzle them, and oblige them to make civil speeches.   (source)
    oblige = require
  • I have made no enquiries, because I concluded you must have been obliged to give up the party.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • We overstaid our time, and were obliged to hurry from the jail.   (source)
  • I was obliged to answer in some confusion, "I don't think I am, ma'am."   (source)
  • They would be obliged to "run away"—a course as dark and dubious as a balloon journey.   (source)
  • To think that I should be obliged to say so to one whom I have loved so dearly, and whom I still—.   (source)
  • 'They were obliged to have him with them,' the Mock Turtle said:   (source)
  • I am not obliged to say it; and to say it, save under stress of compulsion, would be very bad taste.   (source)
  • They was obliged to stamp upon it to git it in.   (source)
  • And Miss Bates was obliged to give a direct answer before he would hear her in any thing else.   (source)
  • The tempter merely lifted his eyebrows; but the whelp was obliged to go on.   (source)
  • In the end I am usually obliged to think ill of myself for being so impatient.   (source)
  • Do clear them too, or we shall be obliged to think ill of somebody.   (source)
  • We were obliged to lay fast hold of the planks of the raft, not to be thrown off.   (source)
  • I feel obliged to bear her company, when I might prefer to be alone.   (source)
  • She moved away, so that he was obliged to rise and follow her.   (source)
  • I was obliged to confess one thing, which for a time, and not unjustly, offended him.   (source)
  • In many places we were obliged to push ourselves along with iron-pointed sticks.   (source)
  • 'I am much obliged to you, sir,' returned Mr. Littimer.   (source)
  • We were obliged to say that we had not the pleasure of Mr. Gusher's acquaintance.   (source)
  • "Yes," said Mrs. Vincy, obliged to reply, as the old lady turned to her expectantly.   (source)
  • And to be obliged to leave it all— Nora.   (source)
  • You needn't feel obliged to be so quiet.   (source)
  • Now, if I am obliged to go back without a glimpse of him — I only want a glimpse — well!   (source)
  • But they had reached the end of the conservatory, and were obliged to pause and turn.   (source)
  • You're my elders and betters, you know; I was obliged to come when you sent for me.   (source)
  • "You know I was obliged," said Camilla,—"I was obliged to be firm."   (source)
  • But were there roses enough to oblige her to go twice?   (source)
    oblige = require
  • How much worse, had they been obliged to meet!   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • When there, I was obliged to stand and listen to such language as he saw fit to address to me.   (source)
  • She had already been obliged to tell Lady Russell that Louisa Musgrove was to marry Captain Benwick.   (source)
  • The first remote sound to which she felt herself obliged to attend, was the name of Jane Fairfax.   (source)
  • I was obliged to steel myself to bear it.   (source)
  • Fanny forgot to lock the door of the room and bring away the key, so she was obliged to go again.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • Let him smart a little, as other people are obliged to do.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • No one to work for, and yet obliged to be always on the look-out for chances.   (source)
  • She has almost deserted her old employment and in fact obliges me to employ a boy.   (source)
    obliges = requires (to do something)
  • Lady Russell felt obliged to oppose her dear Anne's known wishes.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • Raymond is a witness what ginger and sal volatile I am obliged to take in the night.   (source)
  • I was obliged to admit that Mr. Spenlow had considered it probable.   (source)
  • I'm obliged to make believe as I ask more nor I do for my goods, else they'd find out I was a flat.   (source)
  • I am obliged to agree; but, after all, it is surprising.   (source)
  • But, sir—I am obliged to believe that this Raffles has told me the truth.   (source)
  • But every man's not obliged to be solvent?   (source)
  • He was obliged to pause more than once as he continued.   (source)
    obliged = required
  • Aha! so my obstinate little woman is obliged to get someone to come to her rescue?   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • 'I was obliged to announce myself, somehow,' I replied.   (source)
  • He was a farmer who was not obliged either to sow or reap his harvest, but merely to gather it in.   (source)
  • Mr. Elton is good-humoured, cheerful, obliging, and gentle.   (source)
    obliging = requiring (obligating) to do something
  • He was called to visit a patient out of town, and was obliged to be absent during Sunday.   (source)
    obliged = required (to do something)
  • Oh no, Mr. Guest will be obliged to go out of the room again if he sees you in it.   (source)
  • Emma was obliged to ask what they had told her, though fearful of its producing Mr. Elton.   (source)
  • I loved my father; but it mortified me to be obliged to bestow his name on my children.   (source)
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oblige as in:  I obliged her every request.

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  • I'll be happy to oblige.
    oblige = grant a favor
  • He obliged her by listening attentively.
    obliged = grant a favor to
  • Peeta's happy to oblige and since he's a lot quieter in water than on land, it's a doubly good idea.   (source)
    oblige = be helpful
  • They drive around looking. Looking and hoping that someone will provoke them. Sooner or later, someone always obliges. Then the dogs feast and the day's boredom is broken at last and everyone says 'Allah-u-akbar!'   (source)
    obliges = does what is wanted
  • When a drunken hothead tried to pick a fight, Phil stared back indifferently, but Louie obliged.   (source)
    obliged = gave what was desired
  • Roy was happy to oblige.   (source)
    oblige = grant a favor
  • We usually don't supply that kind of information over the phone, but since it's you, Judge Ford, I'll be happy to oblige.   (source)
    oblige = be helpful
  • With Salamander Army waiting abjectly for destruction, Leopard obligingly destroyed them.   (source)
    obligingly = helpfully (said ironically)
  • The next obliging roll of thunder saw it wedged once more into place.   (source)
    obliging = helpful
  • As you know, three ladies asked to leave yesterday, and I obliged.   (source)
    obliged = granted the favor
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  • Much like the rest of us on the surface, he had an underlying obliging and considerate strain which barred him from being a really important member of the class.   (source)
    obliging = nice or helpful
  • And Sethe would oblige her with anything from fabric to her own tongue.   (source)
    oblige = grant a favor
  • Mr Charles remembered marvelling at how my father showed not one hint of discomfort or anger, but continued to drive with an expression balanced perfectly between personal dignity and readiness to oblige.   (source)
    oblige = be helpful
  • People's always looking for somebody to come lead them. They have always done it-and the Lord has always obliged in some way or another.   (source)
    obliged = granted a favor, or been helpful
  • But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away.   (source)
    obliging = helpful
  • Gilbert obligingly rowed to the landing and Anne, disdaining assistance, sprang nimbly on shore.   (source)
    obligingly = helpfully
  • He was very obliging, and offered to do anything in his power.   (source)
    obliging = helpful
  • And then, seeing that M. de Froberville was still gazing at Mme. de Cambremer, she added, half out of malice towards the lady, half wishing to oblige the General: "Not very nice…. for her husband!"   (source)
    oblige = grant a favor
  • Oblige me by letting the subject drop, Naumann.   (source)
    oblige = grant a favor to
  • Biddy, who was the most obliging of girls, immediately said she would, and indeed began to carry out her promise within five minutes.   (source)
    obliging = helpful
  • 'Pardon this intrusion,' said I; 'I am a traveller in want of a little rest; you would greatly oblige me if you would allow me to remain a few minutes before the fire.'   (source)
    oblige = help
  • The house, furniture, neighbourhood, and roads, were all to her taste, and Lady Catherine's behaviour was most friendly and obliging.   (source)
    obliging = helpful
  • Normally, I don't mind, but today I'm not in the mood to oblige him.†   (source)
  • Shao was happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • And I see no reason why she should have to say thank you when she is merely obliging someone by accepting what they've offered.†   (source)
  • If this is where you want to die, Tatowierer, I would be happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • Then I will oblige.†   (source)
  • And your Dauntless leaders were all too happy to oblige me if I guaranteed them a place in our new, improved government.†   (source)
  • Whatever the cause, the strain he was under meant that he continued to show a readiness to oblige; more, that he felt a need to oblige.†   (source)
  • Thomas was more than happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • And the rest of them won't all of them fall into open graves to oblige you.†   (source)
  • They obligingly made room for her.†   (source)
  • She gave them no choice; led by the ever-obliging Lord Hornwood, the bannermen bowed and took their leave.†   (source)
  • "How do you like Lucas?" he finally says, taking an obliging step back.†   (source)
  • Of course the boys wanted to hear what had happened, and Kate was happy to oblige them.†   (source)
  • The other woman obligingly moves over, and Moira and I sit down.†   (source)
  • The Keeper had found me an obliging old colonel of the Buffs, something of an amateur historian himself, who had read the relevant pages of my typescript and faxed through his suggestions.†   (source)
  • It was lovely, left him vulnerable and quivering on some edge and all he could hope was that if he begged him, my father would oblige and do it again.†   (source)
  • Rahel obligingly took a deep breath, threw her chest out and stood back to back with Estha in the airport car park, for Sophie Mol to see just how much shorter she was.†   (source)
  • It was almost expected that they would meet with resistance, and Butler was happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • Obligingly Gyuri stepped forward, opened it, set it down with a servile bow of his head, and stepped away for the old guy to look at it.†   (source)
  • But he obligingly got up and took the pan out of my hands.†   (source)
  • Some oblige, some don't.†   (source)
  • "All right," Sam says, more than willing to oblige Henri.†   (source)
  • "They belonged to Miss Hannah," explained Rufus obligingly.†   (source)
  • She would offer him her breast, and he would oblige her, suckling hungrily.†   (source)
  • The terms of the arrangement will probably oblige the danna to pay off a portion of the geisha's debts and cover many of her living expenses every month—such as the cost of her makeup and perhaps a portion of her lesson fees, and maybe her medical expenses as well.†   (source)
  • I tried the number again while the obliging proprietor dug up his two coldest ones from the bottom of the deep freeze.†   (source)
  • Carol is happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • He was, of course, happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • Generally speaking, he was obliging.†   (source)
  • Would you oblige me by putting that card away while I am talking?†   (source)
  • I also danced one of the solos from Glen Tetley's Le Sacre du Printemps and Christopher Bruce's Ghost Dances while Mary obligingly hummed the tunes.†   (source)
  • He obligingly traded the line "till death do us part" for the more appropriate "as long as we both shall live."†   (source)
  • The drug dealer probably made a conscious decision that he didn't need any trouble from his neighbors, and if stepping aside for their mother was all it took to keep his business running smoothly, he was happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • So that while he went about castrating calves and taming mules on the prosperous lands of his in-laws, she was free to spend time with a troop of female cousins under the command of Hildebranda Sanchez, the most beautiful and obliging of them all, whose hopeless passion for a married man, a father who was twenty years older than she, had to be satisfied with furtive glances.†   (source)
  • She picked up a slim book that lay obligingly in her hands, inviting her to cradle it in bed under a soft light.†   (source)
  • But the camp needed masons and Shukhov, glad to oblige, became a mason.†   (source)
  • I oblige with a little smile, because I've got a plan of action.†   (source)
  • There were many who would travel on a cargo ship to save on passage, and he was there to oblige by skimping on crew.†   (source)
  • So I was glad to oblige them, because in one afternoon I could collect a whole week's worth of jawbreakers.†   (source)
  • York, from whom they asked directions, was most obliging: "You just follow us.†   (source)
  • Which made sense, since by then, Cora had made it clear she wanted no part of us in her new life, and we'd been more than happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • I knew my sense of duty and loyalty to my oldest and dearest friend would oblige me to judge the process fairly.†   (source)
  • The bird obligingly hopped on.†   (source)
  • Leaning back in his chair, his wing tips on the magazine table between them, the justice is anxious to oblige.†   (source)
  • He preferred to judge the northern Indians with his own eyes, but in this case the Indians didn't oblige him.†   (source)
  • Marlena asks obligingly, lifting her other leg and wrapping the broad satin ribbon around her ankle.†   (source)
  • The ever-obliging North suggested that in view of the situation in America, it might no longer be regarded as a rebellion, but as a "foreign war," and thus "every expedient" might be employed.†   (source)
  • The aim of that trip was to persuade pih's tiny Mexican outpost to expand their public health efforts in the troubled, impoverished villages of Chiapas—an effort which, if successful, would oblige Farmer and Ophelia and Jim to do more fund-raising.†   (source)
  • The maid in the lime-colored panties was a cheerful, fat, obliging woman in her mid-thirties with squashy thighs and swaying hams in lime-colored panties that she was always rolling off for any man who wanted her.†   (source)
  • Happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • The ladies do not oblige me.†   (source)
  • Straavh intended to oblige him.†   (source)
  • I'd been seeing Dr. Roy, as I still sometimes called him, ever since I was a sociology major at San Francisco State University, and I obligingly came in once a year for my checkup.†   (source)
  • She asked whether it was good practice to oblige her to report the company's clients to the police force instead of resolving matters with much less trouble.†   (source)
  • Always glad to oblige.†   (source)
  • He grins at the receiver; obligingly he clears his throat.†   (source)
  • You want to talk to me, and I'm willing to oblige.†   (source)
  • They expect something other-worldly, and Madame Lu is only too happy to oblige.†   (source)
  • Moreover, they obligingly took up the names, the clothing, the religion, and the rules and regulations of their exploiters.†   (source)
  • We thanked Cliff and the obliging BMW rep who let us drive his machine for a while on the coastal highway, stopping from time to time to contemplate the Pacific Ocean.†   (source)
  • After the storm passed, they were sighted drifting mastless on the Bay and were towed home by an obliging neighbor.†   (source)
  • Anything to oblige.†   (source)
  • Oliver Tambo and the ANC had called for the people of South Africa to render the country ungovernable, and the people were obliging.†   (source)
  • "I realize that privacy," continued the official, pronouncing the word as privvissy, "is of utmost importance-that's been explained to us-but whenever we can be of assistance, we try to oblige the Crown."†   (source)
  • And of course, you're willing to oblige.†   (source)
  • But if a fight was what they wanted, he was willing to oblige.†   (source)
  • When their vision returned they saw dark clouds rising into the same sort of obliging curves in the pine trees on the ledges.†   (source)
  • Would you oblige me by taking this down verbatim?†   (source)
  • He would of course like to oblige, he said, but he had transferred most of his prisoners to the concentration camp at Amersfoort.†   (source)
  • If it will make a memory man, a telepath, a senser, or a lucky man happy to have me salute him, I'm glad to oblige; he is more valuable than I am and I could not replace him if I lived to be two hundred.†   (source)
  • Livvy was following instructions obligingly as she always did, but Ty was scowling and resistant.†   (source)
  • At dinners, they want to share a drink or two, and I always oblige.†   (source)
  • He obligingly repeated his office hours, throwing in his office address for good measure, as a way of reminding himself that he had a nice new half office, with a window.†   (source)
  • You will oblige me?†   (source)
  • Immediately one of the Dryads flung round her a furry cloak which some Dwarf had dropped when he rushed to fetch his mining tools, and an obliging Faun trotted off among the trees to a place where Jill could see firelight in the mouth of a cave, to get her a hot drink.†   (source)
  • Stem, on the other hand, was obliging with the customers and devoted to the work—staying late, asking questions, begging for another project.†   (source)
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obliged as in:  I'm much obliged for your kindness

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  • I'd be obliged if you could help me lift this.
  • I shouldn't have accepted her help, but 'tis a tricky job, and when she came along I was greatly obliged to her.   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • But he would be much obliged, he repeated, if I could "give it a go with four".   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • When Mr. Beach offered to carry me home in his buggy, I said, "Thank you, sir, I'd sure be much obliged."   (source)
  • The old judge said with a slight start: "I am obliged to you, Mr. Marston."   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • We are already deeply obliged to you.   (source)
  • I'm much obliged but I couldn't take on any more work.   (source)
  • Oh, I'm so much obliged to you.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • I'm obliged to you.   (source)
  • As our client wishes the delivery made as soon as possible, we shall be obliged by your having teams ready at King's Cross at the time named and forthwith conveying the goods to destination.   (source)
    obliged = grateful
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  • I am really very much obliged to her.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • "I shall be exceedingly obliged if you will look in on me here occasionally, Mr. Lydgate," the banker observed, after a brief pause.   (source)
  • I only wanted you to know that I am doing very well in my apprenticeship, and am always much obliged to you.   (source)
  • So much obliged!   (source)
  • "I am much obliged to your ladyship for your kind invitation," replied Elizabeth, "but it is not in my power to accept it."   (source)
  • "I'd be obliged," Cash said.   (source)
  • I'm obliged.   (source)
  • I'm right obliged.   (source)
  • I'm obliged to you.   (source)
  • "I'm obliged," Cash said.   (source)
  • "She's much obliged, I'm sure," said another friend, without gratitude.   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • "Well now, I'm much obliged," said Matthew,   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • I am much obliged to you. I thank you fifty times. Bless you!   (source)
  • "I'm obliged to you," said the farrier, with a snort of scorn.   (source)
  • Anne felt truly obliged to her for such kindness;   (source)
  • "Oh yes, thank you," said Maggie, "I'm very much obliged to you."   (source)
  • I am much obliged to you for one of the pleasantest evenings I ever spent in my life.   (source)
  • So obliged to you for the carriage last night.   (source)
  • Your kindness to William makes me more obliged to you than words can express;   (source)
  • Oh, Mr. Crawford, we are infinitely obliged to you!   (source)
  • "It keeps him in good humour," said she, "and I am more obliged to you than I can express."   (source)
  • 'I am very much obliged to you, my dear Traddles!' said I. 'I'll begin tomorrow.'   (source)
  • "I am deeply obliged to you," said Lydgate.   (source)
  • I am greatly obliged to you, but I have nothing to send.   (source)
  • But I am very much obliged to you; you're a true friend.   (source)
  • Not recollecting myself, I began again that I was much obliged to him for his recommendation—   (source)
  • "It was very good-natured of you, sir," says Mr. Snagsby, "and I am obliged to you."   (source)
  • "I am much obliged to you," was her answer, "but I am not going with them."   (source)
  • Ah! dear Mrs. Elton, so obliged to you for the carriage!   (source)
  • And we have been so much obliged to you for—for the liberty.   (source)
  • "How much I am obliged to you," said he, "for telling me to come today!"   (source)
  • No, not at all; but I shall be obliged, since you are up, if you will read me a few pages of Lowth.   (source)
  • I am obliged to you, of all things, for correcting so absurd a mistake.   (source)
  • I am greatly obliged, and I should like it of all things, I assure you; but I am far too umble.   (source)
  • I said, or tried to say, that I was much obliged to him for his recommendation—   (source)
  • She would rather, perhaps, have been obliged to some other person.   (source)
    obliged = indebted
  • No, I am much obliged to you, miss, I'm sure.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • Correcting myself, I said that I was much obliged to him for his mention of Mr. Matthew Pocket—   (source)
  • Oh, I'm so much obliged to you for this confidence!   (source)
  • I have brought my book, and if you would but rehearse it with me, I should be so obliged!   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • "I am exceedingly obliged to you," said Ladislaw, proudly.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • Nobody thought of Hannah till you mentioned her—James is so obliged to you!   (source)
  • I was obliged to sleep in town after all.'   (source)
  • My Lady is obliged to him, but would rather sit there for the air.   (source)
  • No more, dear Mr. Pip, from your ever obliged, and affectionate servant, "BIDDY."   (source)
  • I feel obliged to him for possessing it.   (source)
  • I am very much obliged to you, Copperfield; but — I am afraid I have lent him that already.   (source)
  • I am quite obliged to Mrs. Cadwallader for coming and calling me out of the library.   (source)
  • Mrs. Price was greatly obliged and very complying.   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • "I am very much obliged to you," said Emma, laughing again.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • We are obliged to you for the plainness with which you have spoken.   (source)
  • "—so very much obliged to you for the carriage," resumed Miss Bates.   (source)
  • "I am exceedingly obliged to you, Mr. Garth," he said, in his usual tone of politeness.   (source)
  • She replied, 'My brother is robust, I am obliged to you.'   (source)
  • "I am much obliged," said Mary, hastening away again, "but I have little time for reading."   (source)
  • 'My good sir,' returned Mr. Micawber, 'you recall me, I am obliged to you.'   (source)
  • No, upon no account in the world, Mr. Weston; I am much obliged to you for reminding me.   (source)
  • Mr. Tulkinghorn, comprehending it, inclines his head and says he is much obliged.   (source)
  • 'I am very much obliged to you,' said my aunt; 'and so is he, I see; but —'   (source)
  • "I am obliged to you," returns Mr. Bucket, squeezing his hand.   (source)
  • "Quite right to feel obliged to me," said Mrs. Cadwallader.   (source)
  • Yes, sir, I did indeed; and I am very much obliged by your kind solicitude about me.   (source)
  • You ought to be obliged to me for telling you.   (source)
  • I wish your ladyship good day, and am much obliged to you all the same.   (source)
  • "Not at all," cried he; "I am much obliged to you for it."   (source)
  • Mr. Guppy is obliged to her for the information and is, moreover, generally obliged.   (source)
  • I dare say they must have been very much obliged to you for coming.   (source)
  • "I am aware of the circumstances," returned my guardian with a smile, "and am sufficiently obliged."   (source)
  • Much obliged to you for reminding me.   (source)
  • I could have wished he had been less obliged to me, for he hovered about me in his gratitude all the rest of the evening;   (source)
  • "But I can tell Mrs. Kenn that you have disposed of her goods very quickly," he added; "she will be very much obliged to you."   (source)
  • Scrooge expressed himself much obliged, but could not help thinking that a night of unbroken rest would have been more conducive to that end.   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • Anne would have been particularly obliged to her cousin, if he would have walked by her side all the way to Camden Place, without saying a word.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • "My dear sir," replied Mr. Collins, "I am particularly obliged to you for this friendly caution, and you may depend upon my not taking so material a step without her ladyship's concurrence."   (source)
  • She had spent six weeks with great enjoyment; and the pleasure of being with Charlotte, and the kind attentions she had received, must make her feel the obliged.   (source)
  • She was very much obliged to him, but declined it all, repeating her conviction, that the rain would come to nothing at present, and adding, "I am only waiting for Mr Elliot."   (source)
  • I am much obliged for that!   (source)
  • She was sure of a pleasant reception; and her friend seemed this morning particularly obliged to her for coming, seemed hardly to have expected her, though it had been an appointment.   (source)
  • Mr. Bounderby was obliged to get up from table, and stand with his back to the fire, looking at her; she was such an enhancement of his position.   (source)
  • Good morning, sir, much obliged.   (source)
  • I am sure you ought to be very much obliged to your aunt Bertram and me for contriving to let you go.   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • Mr. Gradgrind was much obliged.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • Much flattered and obliged.   (source)
  • I am very much obliged to you, my dear Miss Crawford, for your kind congratulations, as far as they relate to my dearest William.   (source)
    obliged = grateful
  • While I felt sincerely obliged to him for being so interested and considerate, I had an odd half-provoked sense of suspicion upon me, that if Joe had been coming to see him, he wouldn't have been quite so brisk about it.   (source)
    obliged = grateful or indebted
  • In pursuance of this luminous conception I mentioned to Biddy when I went to Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt's at night, that I had a particular reason for wishing to get on in life, and that I should feel very much obliged to her if she would impart all her learning to me.   (source)
  • She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry.   (source)
  • I am obliged to you.   (source)
  • I am very much obliged to anybody who assists me, and I only want to be consulted as a mere form, sometimes.   (source)
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