Sample Sentences for
endowment
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    This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment, insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in which the preacher spoke, might still have been swayed to and fro by the mere tone and cadence.  (source)
    endowment = gift (or natural ability)
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    Win a National Endowment for the Arts award.†  (source)
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    Sows with that kind of endowment get all the benefits, too.†  (source)
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    Say, your thumb is fat and kind of short, then you're bound to like men with a similar endowment elsewhere.†  (source)
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    'And I hope it's a beautiful woman with endowments you'll never possess;' he said, looking her up and down.†  (source)
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    She became famous when, in anticipation of her own death, she gave her life savings to the local university as an endowment for scholarships earmarked for poor students.†  (source)
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    He is an Englishman, and in the midst of national and professional prejudices, unsoftened by cultivation, retains some of the noblest endowments of humanity.†  (source)
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    You get a box of Saran Wrap and you tear off as much as you need for your particular endowment.†  (source)
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    It is not personal, but mental endowments they have given you: you are formed for labour, not for love.†  (source)
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    It has an endowment in the billions of dollars.†  (source)
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    The colleges are heavy with gifts and endowments.†  (source)
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    You know what the endowment was when he took over, and what it is now?†  (source)
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    We really inherit nothing at all, save for occasional endowments of property and cash.†  (source)
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