put in the balance
Example Sentences
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“We remove it. But what we put in the balance is what we can learn.”
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021
An enormous mass of paper being put in the balance with the existing quantity of merchandise and other property, the more paper there was offered against purchasable objects the more rapid the increase became.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
The blotting of the sun, the desolation of an universe is a trifle when put in the balance with an immortal spirit.
From The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 by King, Knowles
Besides, there are all these later happenings, all your help to be put in the balance in your favour.
From Against Odds A Detective Story by Lynch, Lawrence L.
What did he put in the balance,—or what have others put in the balance, to send your passionate intentions flying up to the beam?
From Dark Hollow by Green, Anna Katharine
