Example Sentences

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Gomina, still in his nightshirt, wanted to go to his office to change into uniform, and Tigri obligingly offered an escort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

SpaceX appealed to the 5th Circuit Court, which obligingly ordered the case returned to Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

If you are then brave enough to tender an invitation, the entity will obligingly possess you while your guffawing friends, smartphones at the ready, gleefully capture its disturbing, sometimes embarrassing behavior.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Wrote Tracy: “My mouth literally fell open, but Giant obligingly got her another carton — and then cleaned up the mess she had made.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

Cassiopeia barked obligingly from the loveseat on the other side of the room.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood