They struggled on, however, for some time, but were finally obliged to fail.

The King's footguards stood their ground well, but were finally obliged to surrender.

By the 1970s Walls was finally obliged to obtain employment to ease the insecurity of living off an artist's income.

Clearly this is not a new problem and now in the 21st Century we are finally obliged, or are willingly obliged, to deal with it.

Ralph was finally obliged to begin sidling along.

The servants tugged with might and main, but could not lift this enormous receptacle, and were finally obliged to drag it across the floor.

A high-ranking government official was finally obliged to deliver a live address on national television in hopes of calming the panic.

Having been deposed in February of that year, Caterina was finally obliged to leave the island on 14 May 1489.

I was finally obliged to take steps.

He was finally obliged to concede that he was wrong when the results of the experiment were revealed.