owe
verb (used with object)
to be under obligation to pay or repay.
will be owing
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future progressiveof owe.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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“If you do not rise to the head not only of your profession, but of your country, it will be owing to your own laziness, slovenliness and obstinacy.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2014
Hodson, of Hodson’s Horse, writing home to a friend in England, said, “I believe, if I get on well in India, it will be owing, physically speaking, to a sound digestion.”
From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Samuel Smiles
If ever I achieve anything excellent, it will be owing to that lady, the Vittoria Colonna of her humble Michael Angelo.
From In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris
Turkeys and mince pies are being accumulated for Xmas, as well as calendars, penwipers, and formidable lists of persons to whom tips will be owing; a fine old Yuletide observance in general, quoi!...
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
If I am ever destined to attain to immortality, it is to your brush it will be owing.
From Amusement Only by Richard Marsh
