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
Fortune has been of late to adverse to her, And she's become indebted to such numbers, I fear she can no more appear in publick, But must retire, unless your goodness serves her.
From The Female Gamester A Tragedy by Howard, Gorges Edmond
"He who might claim all, cannot become indebted by accepting some small part."
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
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
Is it not honour and reward enough that a gentleman condescends to become indebted to you?
From A Pirate of the Caribbees by Lacy, C.J. de
