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Eliza alleged that one William Waverton had been wronging her by keeping her down-trodden and withholding her hire.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

She also wondered whether she had been wronging dear Daisy, and whether she had a better nature after all.

From Queen Lucia by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)

I had been wronging the man who stood before me.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

She had been wronging him, she had been criticising him, she had been looking for faults in him, her Huggo!

From This Freedom by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

Somehow the old creature felt as if she had been wronging the young girl who came back so frankly and kindly to her arms, by her conversation that night with her cousin.

From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)