Examples of owing to in a Sentence
She walks with a limp owing to a childhood injury.
owing to the extra snow days this year, we'll have to run an additional two days into June
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At Paris, Sjostrom was heavily favored to win the gold medal in the 50 free owing to her silver medal performance in Tokyo.
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Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Anger about England's polluted rivers grows when rowers in the Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race are warned not to enter the Thames owing to high levels of E. coli; several rowers claim to have fallen ill.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Houston’s Rothko Chapel, which houses fourteen site-specific black murals by American abstract painter Mark Rothko, reopened to the public today after being forced to shutter this past summer owing to the havoc wrought by Hurricane Beryl.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Dec. 2024
Tear open the toasty exterior to reveal a marigold-bright crumb, achieved thanks to the Technicolor yolks of superb eggs, and an extra squishy texture owing to acacia honey from Tuscany.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Anger about England's polluted rivers grows when rowers in the Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race are warned not to enter the Thames owing to high levels of E. coli; several rowers claim to have fallen ill.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Houston’s Rothko Chapel, which houses fourteen site-specific black murals by American abstract painter Mark Rothko, reopened to the public today after being forced to shutter this past summer owing to the havoc wrought by Hurricane Beryl.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Dec. 2024
Tear open the toasty exterior to reveal a marigold-bright crumb, achieved thanks to the Technicolor yolks of superb eggs, and an extra squishy texture owing to acacia honey from Tuscany.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Owing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owing%20to. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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