INDEBTEDNESS in a Sentence

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1. The net indebtedness of the black tenant families of the whole county must have been at least sixty thousand dollars.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDEBTEDNESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indebtedness
 n.  a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
 n.  an obligation to pay money to another party
Classic Sentence:
1  While her friend reproached her for missing the opportunity to eclipse her rivals, she was once more battling in imagination with the mounting tide of indebtedness from which she had so nearly escaped.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
2  The net indebtedness of the black tenant families of the whole county must have been at least sixty thousand dollars.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
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