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
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.
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
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.
Speculation was even more rampant, and rising men were willing and were able to become indebted for enormous sums, having no security to offer but the promise of their future career.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony