Example Sentences

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"Anyone who welches on that will pay a very high price for years to come."

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2014

Morgan returns to his tourist fishing parties, only to have his fishing tackle lost overboard by a tourist, who at cruise-end welches on making the loss good.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ueber das menschliche Elend, welches durch Missbrauch der Zeugung herbeigeführt wird, 1828.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm

"Es ist das Fraulein welches das Piano gestimmt hat," answered the man, returning with unusual quickness to his account-book.

From Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) by Harraden, Beatrice

Hat er auch ein Selbstbewusstseyn, welches oft in Stolz ausartet, so ist es ein edler Stolz, um abzuwehren, nicht um anzugreifen, kein kaltes misslaunisches Gefühl, ein freyes und geselliges.

From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas