indebted
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Synonyms
beholden, bounden [archaic], obligated, obliged
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Most indebted motorists are too poor to keep up with monthly payments that can stretch for five years. — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, "She’s Risked Arrest by Driving With a Suspended License for Seven Years. This Week She Got Some Big News.," 26 July 2019 For this, every writer who is not the default — that is, the straight white male — is indebted to her. — Malavika Kannan, Teen Vogue, "How Toni Morrison Changed Me As an 18-Year-Old Author," 7 Aug. 2019 Thomas was also indebted to a compatriot of Ibn Rushd, the Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides, whose Guide to the Perplexed was translated from Arabic into Latin in the 1230s. — Constant Mews, Quartz, "Western civilization as we know it wouldn’t exist without Islamic culture," 18 July 2019 Moreno blames his predecessor for leaving the country indebted to China to finance his ambitious social and infrastructure programs. — Chris Kraul, latimes.com, "Ecuador defends decision to let the U.S. use the Galapagos Islands for anti-drug flights," 17 June 2019 Men in Black: International is indebted to the blockbuster franchise that started in 1997 in many ways. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Men in Black: International Forgets What Made the Original So Great," 12 June 2019 Every Protestant is indebted to him for the fundamentals of their faith, and more than 80 million of them—close to ten million in the US—identify specifically as Lutherans. — Eamon Duffy, The New York Review of Books, "The World Split in Two," 18 Apr. 2019 According to the liability statement, Tesla is indebted to the Employment Security Division of the state of Nevada. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "Tesla sued by Nevada for failure to pay $650,000 in taxes," 9 Oct. 2018 Due to that small act of kindness, Ake became forever indebted to the little girl and her mother, swearing to protect them. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Was Maeve Mind Controlling Her Daughter On Westworld?," 11 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'indebted.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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