Sample Sentences for
obligation
(editor-reviewed)

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    He gave notes, took up ruinous obligations, dealt with usurers and all the race of lenders.  (source)
    obligations = duties
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    Obligation is more than a claim imposed on us; it is a personal sense of indebtedness.  (source)
    Obligation = duty
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    Paid his obligations, didn't he?  (source)
    obligations = bills (that he had a duty to pay)
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    If you really owe your dress-maker, I will settle with her--beyond that I recognize no obligation to assume your debts.  (source)
    obligation = duty
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    Don't forget your obligations.  (source)
    obligations = duties
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    I am not sure I can live this life of obligation any longer.†  (source)
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    It is not the children who are unmindful of their obligations toward this ministry.†  (source)
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    There was an itch to leave then, but also a peculiar obligation to stay.†  (source)
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    What obligations do the English have toward us?†  (source)
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    But this is also a legal matter, and I have an obligation.†  (source)
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    But Casey's obligations to cheer at the game had interfered.†  (source)
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    She hates to be under obligation to anyone, especially her own mother.†  (source)
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    For months he had worried about his obligations to Camp Jupiter, hoping his path would become clear.†  (source)
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