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
There are indeed few great poets who have not in some way become indebted to the inexhaustible treasure of Boccaccio’s creativeness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
He had become indebted at Brême, he had become indebted at St. Malo; but every year he diminished his obligations.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
She had never seen Claud till yesterday, when he so opportunely appeared for her rescue; and, even then, she had no idea who it was to whom she had thus become indebted.
From Gaut Gurley by Thompson, D. P.
To the woman-hater's mind, if a man has become indebted to a girl, honor bids him pay the debt, the sooner the better.
From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Field, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg)
