Example Sentences

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But he knowing their errand told them it was not they who were wronging him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

She shrank back when she thought of the past, as if she were wronging her sister’s memory.

From Eunice by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

And I feel as if I were wronging the Saviour to speak of His worth and doctrine, when I have neither time nor space duly to set forth their transcendent excellency.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph

It isn't as if you were wronging Stone or any of the others who worked hard and made good marks.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

But it were wronging both, to give the history and result of this attachment to Meta in any language but her own.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)