OWE in a Sentence
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239 example sentences for OWE, such as:
1. Add up all the money I owe you.
2. Actually, it's I that owe you a lot.
3. I owe you a drink for helping me move.
4. I owe the landlord one hundred dollars.
5. The mine was closed owing to exhaustion.
2. Actually, it's I that owe you a lot.
3. I owe you a drink for helping me move.
4. I owe the landlord one hundred dollars.
5. The mine was closed owing to exhaustion.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OWE
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owe
v. be obliged to pay or repay
v. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
Classic Sentence: (204 in 14 pages)
1 But--I owe it to the Cause--I--I couldn't think of myself when you were offering so much in gold.
2 Rhett, if Frank would just collect the money people owe him, I wouldn't be worried about anything.
3 But, Rhett, fifty people owe him and he won't press them.
4 But they were stung that they must owe lives and freedom to Rhett Butler, a speculator and a Scallawag.
5 No, not even if I owe him my life, can I be polite to him.
6 And I shall not hesitate to remind the fools whose necks I saved that they owe me a debt.
7 "If you owe Celeste another thousand, she may send me her account," she added, as though to end the discussion at any cost.
8 However doubtful she might feel her situation to be, she would rather persist in darkness than owe her enlightenment to Selden.
9 It must be charming to meet one and not have to think about what you owe him.
10 I owe it to Lena Lingard that I went to see Antonia at last.
11 "Interest on the money you still owe," she answered.
12 And we owe Aniele for two weeks' rent, and she is nearly starving, and is afraid of being turned out.
13 Life is an obligation which friends often owe each other in the wilderness.
14 In learning to read, I owe almost as much to the bitter opposition of my master, as to the kindly aid of my mistress.
15 So, when you rejoice in your freedom, think that you owe it to that good old soul, and pay it back in kindness to his wife and children.
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1 Actually, it's I that owe you a lot.
2 To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.
3 All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.
4 I owe the landlord one hundred dollars.
5 Champagne houses owe their success to brand image.
6 I owe him a lot for everything he has done for me.
7 I owe you a drink for helping me move.
8 Perhaps we owe these people more respect.
9 I owe a lot to my wife and children; I must spend more time with them in future.
10 Add up all the money I owe you.
11 I didn't attend the meeting owing to the headache.
12 Mrs Spratt regrets that she is unable to attend owing to a previous engagement.
13 The cross-country race was discontinued owing to a storm coming on suddenly when the race was in progress,and had to be rerun the next day.
14 He said certain staff had been identified as redundant owing to technological efficiencies and improvements.
15 The mine was closed owing to exhaustion.