obliged

• You ought to feel obliged, and the obligation should be mutual. —  Miss Mackenzie
• "My Lords and Gentlemen"--so ran the words of the Sovereign--"I am concerned to find myself obliged, at the opening of this Parliament, to acquaint you that a dangerous conspiracy has been for some time formed, and is still carrying on, against my person and government, in favor of a Popish pretender." —  A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)
• Her sweet face was pale and still troubled, and while nothing would have pleased me better than to hasten to her side, I was obliged--for the present only, I made mental qualification--to content myself with a smile and a reassuring nod. —  The Paternoster Ruby
• I was obliged, therefore, to consent to go to bed, and to try and sleep. —  Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor
• I was obliged, therefore, to keep them, and to install this troop of children in my rooms They stood motionless, looking at me, waiting for my orders, trying to read my thoughts in my eyes. —  The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) Boule de Suif and Other Stories

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