become indebted
Example Sentences
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“I have never become indebted to anyone during my time in politics,” Lee said at a news conference last month.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
He has watched till the sun has gone down, and the streets have become indebted for their illumination solely to the gas lamps.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
Either party by violating these terms was to become indebted to the other to the amount of one hundred thousand guilders.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron
Many persons had become indebted to him beyond their ability to pay.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
Abandoned by the Habsburgs, and desirous of escaping from the increasing power of Bern, Fribourg in 1452 finally submitted to the count of Savoy, to whom it had become indebted for vast sums of money.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
