Example Sentences

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“People are ascribing other things to it,” Miserando, said, when real estate ownership “might be the bigger factor than the angle of how strange it is” to see a company going from Texas to California.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

The choices we make are inextricably connected to our influences and experiences in youth and there’s something worrying about the value, or lack of it, that you are ascribing to your own needs.

From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2019

More Americans are ascribing to vegan, or semi-vegan, diets and are looking for alternatives to dairy.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2018

Many commenters here are ascribing motives to the mother in the interaction but leaving the motives of the LW unexamined.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

"I opine, sir, that you are ascribing to me an activity and energy I have no claim to."

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James