ascribe to
Example Sentences
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He meant that music is nonrepresentational—it speaks in a language of rhythms and harmonies, and any meaning we ascribe to it is our own projection, informed by context or habits of mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was also a "tough" decision because Mr Veevers did not ascribe to a specific custom, and no will had been presented to show that he wished "to exit the world in a certain way".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
“Never ascribe to conspiracy what can be explained by reality and facts,” I was told.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2025
We are unsure, from afar, what level of blame to ascribe to her.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025
This change in the regency we may, perhaps, ascribe to the activities of Queen Emma, one of whose chief purposes in life was to disinherit her husband's illegitimate offspring.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson
