obligatory appearance

And now that I've put in my obligatory appearance, I must be going.

Then Knight came out for his obligatory appearance and gave a monologue of controlled fury.

Telltale props, a ring and a scarf, make their obligatory appearances.

Kuhal had put in a brief, obligatory appearance and managed to arrange this rendezvous.

The moon had made an obligatory appearance above the ridge, despite halfhearted efforts from clouds to obscure it.

She made her obligatory appearance in the throne room and waited the required three days, and then I took her home again.

Like many of its sister panel shows, it also featured the obligatory appearance by a celebrity guest, who would play the game as a contestant.

Shortly afterward, Ripken made his obligatory appearance, and he was followed by Bonilla.

Indeed, the occupation is an annual event, like the senior prom, but with militant chanting, hand-lettered banners and an obligatory appearance by the police.

To make the obligatory appearance and flatter your ego that you may choose any of the women and none will refuse you?"

That was proved to be true), the obligatory appearance of the reflexive pronoun when coindexation occurs with the subject (e.g.

When he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination, John Edwards made the obligatory appearance on "The Tonight Show."

After the Chief makes his obligatory appearance to congratulate Gadget and company for saving Christmas, Santa gives them a ride in his sleigh.

THERE WERE OBLIGATORY appearances by relatives over the next few days.

There was the obligatory trek to the gold-domed Statehouse here, the obligatory hand shaking, the obligatory appearance before cameras and reporters so that the Wilson word could go forth, lest anyone has overlooked the fact that he is "thinking about" running.

The academy has since wisely dispensed with help from politicians (unless you count the obligatory appearance of Jack Valenti, whose position as president of the Motion Picture Association of America makes him the movie industry's chief lobbyist in Washington).

Questions were asked about whether she would keep her eyes downcast in public and walk five steps behind her husband, as custom demands, and whether she would be happy abandoning the professional world in favor of a life full of stiff receptions and obligatory appearances.