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Example sentences for "your duty"

  • There was my duty to her father, to say aught of--" "And what of your duty to me?

  • Your duty, I think, would have been to arrest me and carry me to Lord Carteret's, there to be searched if his lordship considered it necessary.

  • It is your duty to your mother to forget that he is your father.

  • And is that your idea of your duty as a chaplain?

  • That's nothing, sir, nothing at all; and if bail has been accepted, surely it is your duty to liberate me at once.

  • Your duty is to take my orders," answered Nettlebones, severely.

  • It is my opinion that the other man does not deserve one bit of it; and whatever the law may be, papa, your duty is to strain it benevolently, and question every syllable upon the stronger side.

  • Your duty to King and State might compel you with your own hand to arrest me; and against your hand I could not strive.

  • Your duty is to hold up your head with me, and those who find you in bread and butter.

  • It is your duty, and the duty of us all, to subordinate our feelings to those of others.

  • But I say that it is your duty to give up drowning us all in tears, burying us in desolation.

  • I say it on behalf of all of us, that it is your duty.

  • I cannot converse freely with you here, because we are observed; but I shall return home presently, and shall expect you as soon as your duty permits.

  • You are returning, perhaps, to your duty?

  • Well, wait for me a moment; I am going thither to render an account of the fidelity with which you fulfilled your duty, and to get my sword, which I left upon the table in the tent.

  • But now that the first shock is over, madame, being a mother and a Christian, you will do your duty.

  • It is your duty," said Fanferlot with grave dignity, "it is your sacred duty.

  • Your silence has made my old age peaceful and happy, and I now thank you for having done your duty to yourself and to me.

  • Don't you see that it is your duty to cheer her a little way on this last dark journey?

  • It is your duty at least to give her the opportunity.

  • I want to show you what I am sure you will see to be your duty.

  • It is your duty to amuse me, but you make no effort to do so.

  • Take him from before the mouth of the vault, boys, and spread yourselves to your duty.

  • And you, sir, who have defied the authority of your senior officer, and have forgotten the obligation of your oath, submit, and return to your duty.

  • Then you openly snap your fingers at your duty, Mr. Duthie?

  • It would be your duty to do so, even if you had been guilty of wrong, instead of the victim of misfortune.

  • But in any event," continued Sewell, "it is your duty to yourself and your friends to go home and live it down.

  • Then, sir, I am afraid that until you do your duty I can do nothing," answered the sergeant major, with suave respect.

  • I am saying that if the regulations were observed my batman and others would not be so frequently drunk, and the enforcing of these regulations, I understand, is a part of your duty.

  • The general took it and read, "And Barry, dear, remember that though you have a wife now, your duty to your country is still your first duty.

  • Let no man be able to say that you have defrauded him, that you have tyrannized over him; that you have neglected to do your duty by him.

  • Did you consider that a part of your duty?

  • Was it no part of your duty to warn a man who was going away without paying, that he had first to settle his account at the shop?

  • But suppose the case of a man who did so: was it any part of your duty to remind him of the debt which he was due to Mr. Leask?

  • You sometimes find it your duty to relieve people's necessities in that way?

  • It is your duty to pray, to give of your means, etc.

  • Steadfastly resist Satan and every indifferent feeling, and do your duty at any cost.

  • Silence, sir; I'd have you to know that when you are sent for by your officer, trousers or no trousers, it is your duty to come up directly.

  • You may now go on board to your duty, and tell Mr. Gascoigne to do the same; and pray let us hear of no more duels or running away.

  • You will have no obstruction from us in the execution of your duty--at the same time, I call upon the two young gentlemen by your side, and your own men, to bear witness to what takes place.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "your duty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    drawing near; free delivery; high levels; lesser degree; representative government; then stopped; this neighbourhood; three hundred and twenty; thus used; turn away; your age; your brother; your duty; your face; your father; your feet; your friends; your great; your hand; your house; your last; your letter; your master; your power; your reverence; your right