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

That morning I left the Chisholm trail and struck down the Washita river, in search of a good, lively place where I might put in the balance of the winter.

From A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Siringo, Chas. A.

Add sugar to half of the cream, and put in the balance of the bean.

From Civic League Cook Book by

Skins is skins; but the skin of a human ain’t to be put in the balance wi’ the skin o’ a beaver, d’ye see?”

From The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by Webb, Archibald

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