How to Use obligatory in a Sentence

obligatory

adjective
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • If all of that sounds like a drag, obligatory and austere, don’t worry.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The domestic regime is stern, with obligatory straight A’s at school.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Outside, face masks in Tulane's green and gold are the new obligatory fashion item.
    — Stephen Collinson and Shelby Rose With Caitlin Hu, CNN, 29 Aug. 2020
  • There’s the obligatory scene where Wang-Wang shows up at a house party, the youngest kid in the room, and marvels at strangers making out and getting drunk around him.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Serving notice is the obligatory first step in a two-stage lawsuit process.
    — Elaine Ganley, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Henceforth, Angela Bassett is no longer two words; the now obligatory did the thing suffix has been added to Dictionary.com.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Nappa leather adorns the seats, and sheep or alpaca wool weaves accent the doors and dash, along with the obligatory Alcantara.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 14 Feb. 2020
  • First, the obligatory disclaimer for those among us who have yet to master the obvious: Mac Jones is not Tom Brady.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And what has become an obligatory player yelling at Kitchens on the sideline.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Men with smoldering eyes and tight, dark suits lead their female partners – in their obligatory stiletto heels – turning and grasping them close.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2024
  • In an obligatory parting note, outgoing CEO Donahue admitted as much.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024

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