How to use "beholden" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "beholden" in popular movie and book plots

  • Buck wants to marry Selah, but she is beholden now to Mac.  - The Hangman (1959 film)
  • Eventually succeeding Nasser, Sadat finds himself beholden to the Soviets for military assistance.  - Sadat (miniseries)
  • '" In the very early 1900s, Henslowe Fisk lives beholden to his father, the difficult Horatio Fisk.  - Dean Spanley
  • Now beholden to Dutch, he is forced to make fake digitalis drug.  - The Big Shakedown
  • He intends to send a message about Jews no longer being beholden to their traumatic history, and asks Nathan to assist him.  - The Counterlife
  • In the beginning of the book Ab, his wife, daughter, and son Flem settle down as tenant farmers beholden to the powerful Varner family.  - The Hamlet
  • They would also be completely beholden to the company for life support and would have no rights as human beings.  - Falling Free
  • Her outburst prevents Mongkut from showing clemency, because he cannot be seen as beholden to her.  - Anna and the King

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