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
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
"And as this—ah—this particular candidate was beaten by a bare majority of two or three hundred votes—" "It was me as done it!" put in the balance of power, shaking his finger at Perkins impressively.
From The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life by Bangs, John Kendrick
She could not conceive any evil which could result from this proceeding, that deserved to be put in the balance against those which, under the roof of her kinsman, appeared unavoidable.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
We set the two bear traps in as likely places as we could find for bear to travel, and put in the balance of the day traveling through the woods in search of bear signs.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel
