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
It is owing to her that I am alive, and it will be owing to her if I recover the estate.
From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Charles Mills Sheldon
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
In return for all this you will be owing us half of your strawberries, so that we may also be able to serve some dessert.
From Immensee by Theodor Storm
If that should occur one day, it will be owing to the beginnings made in our times.'
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
