Example Sentences

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Hamilton has ascribed his improvement in form after a difficult 2025 to "a change of attitude".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“But she does it with such heart. I think that Maria has ascribed to the fact that you can only hate what you love. I think that’s definitely tattooed somewhere on Bernadette’s body.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2019

The Ulster Presbyterians, or "Scotch-Irish," to whom history has ascribed the dominant role among the pioneer folk of the Old Southwest, began their migrations to America in the latter years of the seventeenth century.

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Skinner, Constance Lindsay

In his endeavour to show that the Commission interfered with military operations, Blount has ascribed certain statements to Major Starr.

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Worcester, Dean C.

Dr Max Pappenheim has ascribed the origin of Germanic gilds to the northern “foster-brotherhood” or “sworn-brotherhood,” which was an artificial bond of union between two or more persons.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various