endow

Example Sentences

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One thing was clear: Flying was endowed with a sense of occasion, if only for wealthy passengers and businessmen.

From Los Angeles Times

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

From Los Angeles Times

Abortion-rights groups had argued that abortion was protected in the first section of the state Constitution, which endows its citizens with “certain inalienable rights” among them “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

From New York Times

“He is a very smart man, endowed with a lot of old-fashioned wisdom. He has been able to use that for the greater good of his people,” BrownWright said Sunday.

From Washington Times

We humans are endowed with five senses: eyesight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

From Seattle Times