Citations:obliged


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * He was obliged to sit close to it, and brood over it, before he could extract the least sensation of warmth from such a handful of fuel.
 * He was obliged to rub the frost off with the sleeve of his dressing-gown before he could see anything; and could see very little then.
 * Scrooge expressed himself much obliged, but could not help thinking that a night of unbroken rest would have been more conducive to that end.