How to Use beholden in a Sentence

beholden

adjective

• Because of this, the NRA is not beholden to its rank and file.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 21 Feb. 2018
• Even if that wasn’t the case, its unclear how beholden Trump might feel to them in the long-term.
  — Alex Wagner, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2016
• Why should people who live in cities be beholden to the wills of small towns in the middle of nowhere?
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2 July 2019
• Although the book and movie share the same plot, neither was beholden to the other.
  — Janet Potter, Chicago Reader, 1 Mar. 2018
• Some are paid by the teams; some are beholden to the wishes of ownership.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2022
• The rules are intended to guard against that sort of thing, to make sure The Times and its reporters are beholden to no one.
  — Liz Spayd, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2016
• Doing the hokey-kochy In part, that is because the left is almost as beholden to rich people as the right.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
• In those days, record labels were more beholden to the big-box stores that carried CDs — and the parental concerns that came with them.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
• The magistrates still are beholden to the mayors for their jobs.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• In that case, Macron might have to appoint a prime minister from the right who does not share his views and does not feel beholden to him.
  — chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
• So yeah, the NBA has proven to be as beholden to the almighty dollar as any of the other professional sports leagues.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2019
• That is the situation in the Senate, where Democrats are not beholden to Pelosi.
  — Byron York, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2020
• But coach Dabo Swinney isn’t beholden to just recruiting the players with the most stars next to their names.
  — Sam Butler, ajc, 4 Oct. 2017
• Viewers didn't need to be beholden to a massive cable bill each month to watch the series.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2018
• But there’s no need to be beholden to fashion trends, either.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 2 May 2017
• Unions are beholden to their bosses rather than to their members.
  — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
• In its first, six-episode season, the U.S. version was too beholden to the U.K. original.
  — oregonlive, 2 July 2020
• Even if, uh, the legislature remains beholden to the NRA and the extreme gun.
  — cleveland, 11 Apr. 2022
• For a short time, the military was beholden to NASA to fly its spy satellites into space.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Oct. 2018
• And the good thing is all of us that are insurgents are not beholden to any form of corporation.
  — Bridget Read, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2018
• Too many lawmakers in D.C. are still beholden to the gun lobby.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 30 Oct. 2018
• To its credit, the 92-year-old Martha Graham Dance Company is not beholden to its founder’s style.
  — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
• The meat of the festival's lineup, though, consists of present-day hardcore acts who are beholden to the bands Merrill knows from way back.
  — Kevin Warwick, Chicago Reader, 25 Apr. 2018
• So the congressmen and senators beholden to them don't want that.
  — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 1 Aug. 2017
• Scenes like these can stiffen the shoulders of even the least cringe-beholden amongst us, but Bailey and Gemmell nail every second.
  — ELLE, 2 Apr. 2022
• But Trump felt beholden to Strange, who has supported his agenda during his few months in the Senate.
  — CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
• Johnson’s Last Jedi was explicitly about not being beholden to the rules of the past.
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 6 June 2018
• Politicians should feel beholden to the largest number of possible donors.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 10 June 2019
• My impression is that Arab directors these days are less beholden to an auteur vision of cinema.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
• In a genre whose songwriters seem beholden to the whims of mechanical algorithms, Beyoncé’s Renaissance not only reimagines the artist, but also the contours of pop music itself.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 4 Sep 2024