How to Use obligatory in a Sentence

obligatory

adjective

• This action movie includes the obligatory chase scenes.
• The training is obligatory for all personnel.
• Megan Fox wore the obligatory naked look at this year's VMAs.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2021
• Mind you, the obligatory buzz-saw drone of noise and rage the band churns out doesn’t sound ironic.
  — Tom Maxwell, Longreads, 10 Apr. 2020
• For the third time in as many years, the NFL has sent them on the road for their obligatory Thursday night game.
  — Adam H. Beasley, miamiherald, 25 Oct. 2017
• Taylor used to think of the green salad as a dull, obligatory dish.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• Since respect for the monarchy was obligatory at that time, the image — and the song — rocked the nation.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• This is where the obligatory mention of the devil being in the details comes in.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
• Book a cove boat tour and make an obligatory stop at shipwreck beach.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• Of course, the boat also makes the obligatory stops in Nordic hotspots like Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
• There was even the obligatory article about it in the New England Journal of Medicine in the late 1980s.
  — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 5 Oct. 2020
• Well, that and then, of course, there’s always the obligatory post-post-cocktails at the Mark Hotel.
  — Kelsie Schrader, Curbed, 26 Oct. 2023
• Clear out as many non-obligatory items from your calendar and just go with the flow.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
• Once the first of five obligatory prayers of the day, Fajr, begins at dawn, so does their fasting.
  — The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
• In the obligatory brawl afterward, Lauper was kicked in the head by Piper.
  — Jon Wertheim, Vulture, 25 June 2021
• The boardwalks had their obligatory miniature golf courses and rides, the Funlands and the Trimper’s Rides.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Yes, Maria is back and so was her obligatory bathroom break.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• If all of that sounds like a drag, obligatory and austere, don’t worry.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• Drinks: The obligatory Mimosas and Bloody Marys are there for the ordering.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• The domestic regime is stern, with obligatory straight A’s at school.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
• After a brief stop and obligatory photo, my route turned south, sending me into a sea of sand and the tallest dunes in the world.
  — charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
• Rushlow has spent the month reading the Quran, journaling and building the habit to pray the five daily obligatory prayers.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 May 2022
• Case in point: the jokes that Tomlinson reads to tee up each segment, which tend to feel obligatory.
  — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
• Add a lift kit, oversized tires with meaty tread, and an obligatory bed-rack system with a rooftop tent.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 Aug. 2022
• The beach has been racking up five-star Google reviews, along with the obligatory quibbles.
  — Erin Ailworth, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2023
• In a country where voting is obligatory, a record 58% stayed at home.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
• There’s a short, obligatory debate over who was snoring the loudest and who was stumbling around the kitchen at 3 A.M.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
• Their scenes feel informed and alive rather than obligatory.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• The obligatory scene where Dreux and Alyssa air out all of their frustrations with each other makes legitimate points on both sides.
  — Fred Topel, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
• There will be no more court orders from Deerfield Beach with an obligatory baseball reference.
  — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Feb 2025