Example Sentences

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Bowlers have played on his ego, challenging him to play the ball - and Kohli has obliged, prodding hesitantly to edge behind.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2021

Behnken and Hurley have given SpaceX their inputs on design and procedural changes that they think should be made, and SpaceX has obliged — quickly.

From The Verge • May 20, 2020

Aleksander Ceferin, the head of UEFA, has obliged interview requests from across the continent.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2020

I think it has obliged me to really decide clearly in terms of my engagements, like what cinema do I really want to defend today?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2019

I am not sorry that this rejoinder has obliged me to rescue from the obscurity of a footnote a fact of real importance in its bearing on the historical character of the fourth Gospel.

From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Lightfoot, Joseph Barber