owe

Example Sentences

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You tell me I OWE you back money!

From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Martin, Helen Reimensnyder

I OWE an apology to the Irish Members for stepping in to make an observation to the House on this question.

From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by Bright, John

But most anti-pragmatist critics take the wont 'truth' as something absolute, and easily play on their reader's readiness to treat his OWE truths as the absolute ones.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

Yet I don't quite see, you know, what you OWE to Aggie.

From The Awkward Age by James, Henry

"I OWE it to my honour, I owe it to my family, not to subscribe to an "accusation which I have not merited.

From Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Randolph, Francis