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
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.
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)
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
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