Example Sentences

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The bomb: a well-weighed proposal that the U.S. combine Army, Navy and air forces into a single, unified Department of War.

From Time Magazine Archive

No one certainly would have recourse to it excepting from a well-weighed plea of a sorrowful necessity.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

The subjects treated of politics, pictures, Continental travel, our manufactures, our wealth and the reasons for it —excellent reasons well-weighed.

From Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

But Paine, with well-weighed words, gently withstood the commander, prudently ignoring the legal point, if aware of it.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel

We shall gather up their well-weighed words, and present them, not as fancy sketches, but as facts.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)