Example Sentences

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“The voice in myself was attributing to her the traits I couldn’t look at in myself,” said Zweig, who was in her late 60s at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

In a blog post the US tech giant said it was attributing attacks to Lace Tempest, known for ransomware operations and running the Clop extortion website where victim data is published.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

People were concerned that he was attributing cognitive complexity to animals that they couldn’t possibly have.

From National Geographic • Jun. 18, 2017

I did not see myself as someone who leaned back, but here I was, attributing my fellowship to everyone else and completely anxious about my future job and an imaginary baby.

From Nature • Oct. 23, 2013

No doubt he was attributing his degradation, in a sense, to the fact that she no longer relished his services, having seen a romantic little ideal shattered by his firm assertions.

From Beverly of Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr