Example Sentences

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I think I am rendering a service in proposing this linkage, almost to force you to check your inflation.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the contrary, I hope that I am rendering it no unimportant service by endeavouring to relieve it of a parasitic growth—an accretion of false logic.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John

He is delighted, and Canning and Sir P. Grant have signified in strong terms their appreciation of the sacrifice I am making, and the service I am rendering.

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

I will charge you five credits for this validation, since I am rendering a service.

From A World by the Tale by Garrett, Randall

Madam," said her host, "it is but a melancholy service that I am rendering you to day.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron