Example Sentences

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"We’re told we need to wear masks again. So @thelizcarey and I are obliging," Porizkova cheekily captioned the pic referencing the new mask mandate in Los Angeles.

From Fox News • Jul. 21, 2021

And shows like “Come From Away,” “The Band’s Visit” and “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical” are obliging nightly.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

Revenue shortfalls in Angola and Nigeria are obliging the government to delay salaries to teachers and nurses and weigh cuts to widely popular fuel subsidies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2016

Many instructors are obliging with alerts in handouts and before presentations, even emailing notes of caution ahead of class.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2014

They are obliging to the utmost degree; indeed, their cordiality toward strangers exceeds any that I have met elsewhere.

From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Agassiz, Louis