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.
The love of Spanish women for bull-fights was neatly glossed over, and various absurd charges against American women were put in the balance against it.
From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by White, Andrew Dickson
The nobility of his birth was put in the balance against his poverty.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden
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
