| 1. | Aloft, incumbent on the dusky Ai. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | I felt it incumbent on me just to give you a hint. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie |
| 3. | It clearly being incumbent on some one to say, "Much better," Mr. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 4. | Lorry felt it incumbent on him to speak a word or two of reassurance. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | I am but the incumbent of a poor country parish my aid must be of the humblest sort. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 6. | And mounts incumbent on the wings of winds. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 7. | He felt it incumbent on him to say a few words. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 8. | Weston, "as I took Miss Taylor away, it is incumbent on me to supply her place, if I can and I will step to Mrs. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 9. | "It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |