Example Sentences

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The sentence, if true, was too severe; the offspring who were innocent contributories to the crime deserved pity rather than punishment; the judgment passed on the real offenders was also unduly harsh.

From America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat by Wu, Tingfang

Or have the citizens at large, being contributories to the maintenance funds, a right to vote?

From Unitarianism by Tarrant, W.G.

Such power is not neutralized by our infirmities; it asserts itself under their limiting conditions and makes them its contributories.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

In looking directly at the discomfort of long-term hospitalized psychiatric patients, I found myself faced with behaviors that resulted possibly from a muddle of many contributories.

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.

Tumult and commotion are almost as necessary contributories to the success of the stratagem as is the cable.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)