How to Use obligation in a Sentence

obligation

noun

• She failed to fulfill her obligations as a parent.
• She believes that all people have a moral obligation to defend human rights.
• He argues that people in a community have certain obligations to each other.
• For some, the heat and fasting obligations were too much to bear.
  — Ramin Mostaghim, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• And there’s no obligation to spend the day a certain way.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2021
• And the simplest of those obligations is a commitment to the truth.
  — David French, National Review, 12 Aug. 2019
• Our obligation is to the truth - and in this case, the truth seems to be that these systems are not working.
  — chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• And of course schools have a special obligation to keep the children in their care safe.
  — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2018
• Be sure to follow the rules and fulfill your obligations at the end of August.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• The bank would have the right of first refusal but would have no obligation to put the mortgage loans on its books.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
• There is no cost or obligation, and members can leave the co-op at any time.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
• The next few days were a tangle of duties and obligations.
  — Clarence B. Jones, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
• Even works of imagination have an obligation to the truth of the past.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• The city asked the courts in May to relieve it of its own obligation — so far without success.
  — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Grande added that labels know how a young star’s life will change and have the obligation to protect them.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
• What obligation, if any, does an artist have to play the hits at a festival?
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2024
• No big news or message, and no obligation – just a list.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2021
• No big news or message, and no obligation — just a list.
  — Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2021
• The notice included the projects and the amount of the certificates of obligation.
  — David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News, 10 July 2022
• The sites will have to comply with the DSA obligations by February 2024.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2023
• Naya's obligation to them—and to all of her fans—was obvious.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 July 2020
• The Jewish obligation to give, tzedakah, was the source of her compassion.
  — Lee Habeeb, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• The three-page letter said that the district has an obligation to keep students and staff safe.
  — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2021
• If the artist doesn’t really feel it, there is no obligation to do it.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2024
• The parts that come with the rest of it — the touring and other public obligations — are further down on her list.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
• That tax obligation then gets passed along each year to all the fund shareholders.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
• Beauty isn’t an obligation in order to interact with the rest of the world.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2021
• Go full steam ahead and get a head start on upcoming projects and obligations.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Without a binding state law, agencies are under no formal obligation to change their official language — and changing every reference on Texas’ multiple state agency websites could take a while.
  — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2025
• But Aber said the contract pause would also force non-profits to use their own funds to continue representing migrant children in immigration court, noting that attorneys have ethical obligations to their clients and can't simply abandon their cases.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 11 Mar 2025