Example Sentences

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As to what Downey is ascribing to his native land, Murphy can do nothing but laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

“But the outlook is far from being as gloomy as the market is ascribing to these companies. There may be some complacency.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2019

Mr. Toobin added: “I think what I am guilty of is ascribing too much importance to oral argument, period. “The justices all say the briefs matter a great deal more than oral arguments.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2016

Such is the eternal squabbling between critic and artist, in which the latter thinks the former is ascribing intentionality or narrative to a medium that either doesn’t require or actively resists it.

From The New Yorker • May 24, 2016

Indeed, he is ascribing his imagined innocence to God, saying, "I thank thee ..."

From The Calvary Road by Hession, Roy