Definition: 1. Something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or legal responsibility. 2. The work that is your job. 3. Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.
Use 'duty' in a sentence:
1. your duties as a parent.
2. I spend a lot of my time on administrative duties.
3. What time do you go off duty?
4. Who's on duty today?
5. We must help our brethren, it is our duty.
6. I don't want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty .
7. Opposition MPs charged the minister with neglecting her duty.
8. Your duties include typing letters and answering the telephone.
9. I was on picket duty at the time.
10. We have a duty to care for the refugees.
11. My duties seem to change daily at the whim of the boss.
12. He's on duty twenty-four seven.
13. The school's motto is: ‘ Duty, Honour, Country ’.
14. He felt he would be failing in his duty if he did not report it.
15. He was recalled to military duty.
16. She felt it her duty to tell the police.
17. I don't want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty.
18. Your first duty is to your family.
19. It was his duty to obey.
20. His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.
21. Officers will be inhibited from doing their duty.
22. The school's motto is: 'Duty, Honour, Country'.
23. She felt it to be her duty to tell the police.
24. They were charged with obstructing the police in the course of their duty.
25. Half the garrison is/ are on duty.
26. The Church has a duty to condemn violence.
27. He took up office out of a sense of duty.
28. I consider it my duty to write to you and thank you.
29. The story tells of a classic conflict between love and duty.
30. She has shown enthusiasm in the performance of her duties.
31. The film explored the tension between public duty and personal affections.
32. It is my duty to report it to the police.
33. He was weaned on a diet of rigid discipline and duty.
34. The soldiers all used to do a six-month tour of duty in Northern Ireland.
35. The police officers were found guilty of serious dereliction of duty.
36. A policeman was injured in the line of duty yesterday.
37. The authority failed to carry out its statutory duties.
38. Haig's rise was fuelled by an all-consuming sense of patriotic duty.
39. I felt duty-bound to help him.
40. Local councillors have a duty to serve the community.
41. We have a duty to uphold the law.
42. The state has a duty to protect its citizens against external enemies.
43. There will only be a skeleton staff on duty over the holiday.
44. He had failed in the execution of his duty.
45. In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight.
46. The next crew relief comes on duty at 9 o'clock.
47. Her duty was to produce an heir to the throne.
48. Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.
49. On Monday he would have to return to his regular duties.
50. They have a case against their directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
