become indebted
Example Sentences
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“I have never become indebted to anyone during my time in politics,” Lee said at a news conference last month.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
He had become indebted at Brême, he had become indebted at St. Malo; but every year he diminished his obligations.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
Many persons had become indebted to him beyond their ability to pay.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
To the woman-hater's mind, if a man has become indebted to a girl, honor bids him pay the debt, the sooner the better.
From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Field, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg)
Abandoned by the Habsburgs, and desirous of escaping from the increasing power of Bern, Fribourg in 1452 finally submitted to the count of Savoy, to whom it had become indebted for vast sums of money.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
