Example Sentences

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Who can tell how much the firmness and perseverance of the more prominent actors in these struggles were owing to her wise and affectionate counsels?

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken

"Because she said that you were owing her husband money for drink and she would credit it on your account."

From Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success by Alger, Horatio

That's queer," said Alaric, with a faint smile, and sitting down wearily on a huge anchor that lay beside one of the warehouses, "for I've been thinking that all your troubles were owing to me.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

Some of these omissions were owing to corrupt text, some to extreme obscurity of the original, and some merely to the fact that the original was deemed uninteresting.

From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster

Physically tired as they were, owing to the nervous excitement in the atmosphere of their day's surroundings, sleep seemed very far off.

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma