All 21 Uses of
oblige
in
Hard Times
- Mr. Gradgrind was much obliged.
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1)obliged = grateful or indebted
- 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.
Chpt 1.7 (definition 1)
- I hate to be obliged to call her Jupe.
Chpt 1.8 (definition 2)obliged = required (to do something)
- Now, if I am obliged to go back without a glimpse of him — I only want a glimpse — well!
Chpt 1.12 (definition 2)
- I am obliged to you.
Chpt 1.16 (definition 1)obliged = grateful or indebted
- She was polite, obliging, cheerful, hopeful;
Chpt 1.16 (definition 3) *obliging = helpful or willing to be helpful
- ...but, the more polite, the more obliging, the more cheerful, the more hopeful, the more exemplary altogether, she; the forlorner Sacrifice and Victim, he.
Chpt 1.16 (definition 3)
- Much obliged to you for reminding me.
Chpt 2.1 (definition 1) *obliged = grateful or indebted
- I am obliged to you, of all things, for correcting so absurd a mistake.
Chpt 2.1 (definition 1)
- The tempter merely lifted his eyebrows; but the whelp was obliged to go on.
Chpt 2.3 (definition 2)obliged = required (to do something)
- Before he had so much as closed Mr. Bounderby's door, he had reflected that at least his being obliged to go away was good for her, as it would save her from the chance of being brought into question for not withdrawing from him.
Chpt 2.6 (definition 2)
- Heavily enough to oblige me to sell some trinkets.†
Chpt 2.7 (definition 3)
- She is not obliged to say what she is going to do with it; she is sharp enough; she could manage to coax it out of him, if she chose.
Chpt 2.7 (definition 2)obliged = required (to do something)
- But I am very much obliged to you; you're a true friend.
Chpt 2.7 (definition 1)obliged = grateful or indebted
- Mr. Bounderby, in his desire to make the most of it, really seemed mortified by being obliged to reply, 'Why, no; not of very much.'
Chpt 2.8 (definition 2)obliged = required (to do something)
- I availed myself of your obliging hints to correct my timidity, and it is unnecessary to add that they were perfectly accurate.
Chpt 2.9 (definition 3)obliging = helpful or willing to be helpful
- I was obliged to sleep in town after all.'
Chpt 3.2 (definition 1)obliged = grateful or indebted
- Will you oblige me by confiding it?
Chpt 3.2 (definition 3)oblige = grant a favor
- Tom Gradgrind, as your son, young Tom, refuses for some obstinate reason or other to say anything at all about those statements, good or bad, I am obliged to confront her with your daughter.
Chpt 3.4 (definition 2)obliged = required (to do something)
- Much flattered and obliged.
Chpt 3.4 (definition 1)obliged = grateful or indebted
- Her voice so sunk into a low and slow communing with herself, that Sissy, sitting by her side, was obliged to listen with attention.
Chpt 3.5 (definition 2) *obliged = required
Definitions:
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(1) (obliged as in: I'm much obliged for your kindness) grateful or indebted
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(2) (oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something
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(3) (oblige as in: I obliged her every request.) grant a favor to someone