Example Sentences

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But I humbly beg leave to lay before your Excellency some particulars in the circumstance of my guilt, which, I hope, will extenuate it in some measure.

From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Soon thy Lord will extenuate thy straightened circumstances even in this world.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Soon thy Lord will extenuate thy straitened circumstances even in this world.

From Bahá’í World Faith by `Abdu'l-Bahá