Oblige in a sentence as a verb

Now, he has the power to choose not to oblige, and he still chooses to oblige when he feels drawn to do it.

Does it really mean anyone can write this sort of message, without any details or proof and you have to oblige to it?

I wish I felt there was a better light at the end of the tunnel for my students, at least one that didn't oblige them to move far from home.

If the agent asks for a commitment from you to speak with him after you have consulted or retained counsel, do not oblige him.

Governments and corporations can be legally obliged to turn over or destroy records.

And these are the students who pass our placement exam, and aren't obliged to take one of our many algebra and precalculus courses.

And unprincipled distributors like Netflix are ready to oblige.

He is trying to oblige to the request to remove a copyrighted song, but Universal isn't even telling him how he is in violation.

Doesn't existing evidence then oblige you to admit that the minimum wage has roughly zero effect on employment?"Hardly.

Sony pays brand managers very well to encourage me to think of it as a single monolithic company, and I'm happy to oblige.

But it's their problem, users and the Web should not oblige them with comfortable proliferation of unethical approaches.

For example, if the mob tomorrow decides that it's OK to give up privacy for "security", mozilla will happily have to oblige to become a state security tool.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Well, "financial irregularities which in accordance with Irish law oblige the directors ..." is legalese that, in essence, means something like "we've caught someone [stealing from the cookie jar / lying about losses] on a so large scale that the board is not sure if the company will be able to pay the money it owes to everyone".There are just a few cases where the law obliges directors to do something; I'm not an expert in Irish legislation, but most likely they are clearly enumerated in a single law.

Oblige definitions

verb

force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

See also: compel obligate

verb

bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

See also: bind hold obligate

verb

provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"

See also: accommodate