How do you use Oblige in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like obligate or follow, plus the exact meaning.
Oblige meaning
- To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
- To be indebted to someone.
Synonyms of Oblige
Using Oblige
- The main meaning on this page is: To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means. | To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation). | To be indebted to someone.
- Useful related words include: obligate, follow, comply, accommodate.
- In the example corpus, oblige often appears in combinations such as: to oblige, would oblige, oblige the.
Context around Oblige
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oblige
- In this selection, "oblige" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, readily, members, former, major and governments stand out and add context to how "oblige" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include willing to oblige and agreed to oblige major corporations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oblige" sits close to words such as aarp, accretion and aerosols, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oblige
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Waller wants the Amalgam Man dead now, but Dead Eye does not oblige. (13 words)
The other agreements also oblige governments to run Ukraine funding through their local parliaments first. (15 words)
The scale of the scheme would not oblige the developer to provide an affordable element. (15 words)
Given the number of men already lost, the Germans had no choice but to surrender to save themselves from annihilation, a fate with which the allied armies, who were not in much better shape were quite willing to oblige them with. (41 words)
She recalled that people would knock on her mother’s door all times of the day and night to ask her for help finding a book for a child’s impending exam or homework, and Mayers would always oblige. (39 words)
The president-elect has Senate Republicans allow his picks to skirt the confirmation process should they face resistance in the Senate — an extraordinary blow to the country's system of checks and balances should his party members oblige him. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
By the time Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst told the crowd to "break stuff," they were all too ready to oblige.
Given the number of men already lost, the Germans had no choice but to surrender to save themselves from annihilation, a fate with which the allied armies, who were not in much better shape were quite willing to oblige them with.
It remains unknown whether Scott would oblige to walk you, but bid away to find out.
She recalled that people would knock on her mother’s door all times of the day and night to ask her for help finding a book for a child’s impending exam or homework, and Mayers would always oblige.
Starting out as a teenager printing Tshirts and stickers in his kitchen, Gedeon would ask clients if they needed help with anything beyond his expertise and, if feasible, he happily would oblige.
Waller wants the Amalgam Man dead now, but Dead Eye does not oblige.
Wayne previously toldthat Lily's medication had had an affect on her mood and sometimes led her to refuse tablets, but with a bit of encouragement from Beauty, she would oblige.
And over the years, the seemingly sober-sided practitioners of science have been more than willing to oblige.
Cllr Fuller said as a result of that, officers were drafting a 'health contributions' supplementary planning document — which would be adopted by the council and turned into policy developers would have to oblige by.
Gregory likes nothing more than an evening gallop, preferably in pursuit of a quarry and – on this occasion Aunty Grace was ready and willing to oblige.
If Ten Hag has his heart set on Branthwaite, then Ratcliffe may oblige in a bid to try and show his intent during his maiden transfer window.
It took many years to realise I did not “lose” an opportunity because I didn’t oblige.
Singapore is a “strategic” partner of India and New Delhi would readily oblige in case the Tharman Shanmugaratnam government approached it.
That would oblige former president Donald Trump to focus on ways to revive the economy instead of focusing on higher prices.
The delegates also agreed to oblige major corporations to share the financial benefits of research when using natural genetic resources.
The man told the officer he had to provide the service, prompting the officer to reiterate he was happy to oblige as long as he followed instructions.
The other agreements also oblige governments to run Ukraine funding through their local parliaments first.
The president-elect has Senate Republicans allow his picks to skirt the confirmation process should they face resistance in the Senate — an extraordinary blow to the country's system of checks and balances should his party members oblige him.
The scale of the scheme would not oblige the developer to provide an affordable element.
You may need to call to finalize tour arrangements, but each puffin-watching service is happy to oblige.
Common combinations with oblige
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to oblige 33×
- would oblige 5×
- oblige the 5×
- oblige them 4×
- not oblige 4×
- oblige him 4×
- oblige to 3×
- didn oblige 3×
- and oblige 3×
- oblige in 2×