Words similar to owes

Example sentences for: owes

How can you use “owes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

George W. Bush says he's "troubled" that Putin owes his popularity to the Chechen war.
Madrid owes much to the civic-mindedness of Charles III, who ruled from 1759 to 1788.
But unfortunately for Leeson, his new career is not all Fantasy Island: His assets are frozen, and sixty-five percent of all his revenue goes to Barings, whom he owes $164.
Those of us who deal with the lexicographic side of language are well aware of what Jeans characterizes as the astonishing debt that our idiomatic speech owes to the nautical language of the past.
He owes $10,000 in back taxes, but he found $300,000 to give to the Clinton campaign.