beholden to

idiom

formal

: owing a favor or gift to (someone) : having obligations to (someone)

politicians who are beholden to special interest groups

She works for herself, and so is beholden to no one.

Examples of beholden to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Streaming only accelerated this change via temporary incentives platforms dangled to select creators; that said, the end results remain relatively unchanged: creators are still beholden to some ambiguous powers that be. —Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025

Apocalypse in the Tropics depicts the Christian nationalists and fundamentalists who have risen to power in Brazil as beholden to a belief in divine retribution. —Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025

These moves mark the latest shifts across devices as the gaming industry takes notice of consumers’ habits and desires to be more title focused and less beholden to what’s available on one pricey hardware platform. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 July 2025

The dismissal has led many to believe Adams is beholden to Trump’s agenda, an accusation the mayor denies. —Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025

Rhymes for beholden to

• hullabaloo
• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup