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

For herself the property, as put in the balance beside her love, was lighter than air itself.

From Evelina's Garden by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

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

I saw the emptiness of fame and luxury, when put in the balance against the recompense of virtue.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

"And as this—ah—this particular candidate was beaten by a bare majority of two or three hundred votes—" "It was me as done it!" put in the balance of power, shaking his finger at Perkins impressively.

From The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life by Bangs, John Kendrick