given to

Idioms and Phrases

Tending toward, inclined to, as in She was given to eating crackers in bed . [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

But to-day there were no gifts carried before the tabernacle: no donations were to be given to-day except to the poor.

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But do you never feel as if you would like to have a life companion, such as Maud was given to-day?

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The Land of Grass is the name given to-day, by the inhabitants, to modern Tartary.

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I drink to the very good health of the bride and bridegroom in whose honour this ball is given to-night.'

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Orlowskis new ballet is to be given to-day for the first time.

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