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Definition

to be grateful for a favor; or to owe money; or to be in the position of owing a debt of gratitude

indebted = to be grateful for a favor

indebted = grateful

indebted = grateful

For the ease with which I passed the year, I was, however, somewhat indebted to the society of my fellow-slaves.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

indebted = in the position of owing a debt of gratitude

[P]eople know how much they are indebted to the soldiers.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

indebted = in the position of owing a debt of gratitude

But I am particularly indebted to you, sir, both for your kind words about An Imperial Affliction and for taking the time to tell me that the book, and here I quote you directly, "meant a great deal" to you.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

indebted = grateful

The idea that I owed you something made me sick. I would wake up in the middle of the night feeling like I was going to vomit. Indebted to a Stiff? It's ridiculous.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent

indebted = in the position of owing a debt of gratitude

He will take my last penny from me, he will marry, will enjoy life, will gamble on the Exchange; while I shall look at him with envy like a beggar, and hear from him every day the same sentence: "I am indebted to you for the happiness of my life, let me help you!"
Anton Chekhov -- The Bet

indebted = grateful

For the precision of her blue pencil, I am indebted to Lisa R. Lester.
Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
To the other friend I am also deeply indebted.
Helen Keller -- Story of My Life
I let him know a hurt had been mended in a way that he couldn't have known, and for that alone there would always be a piece of me indebted to him.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
We indebted ourselves to her when she saved our brother, a debt I will gladly pay.
Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
As it is entirely to your wisdom and conduct, the United States are indebted for the late success of your arms.
David G. McCullough -- 1776
To all of them, I am grateful and indebted.
Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
I dare say I may speak without boasting, when I say that many in this room are indebted to me for liberty, if not for life.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
That wee have of Geometry, which is the Mother of all Naturall Science, wee are not indebted for it to the Schools.
Thomas Hobbes -- Leviathan
He added with the air of a profound thinker, "One is indebted sometimes to fortune, sometimes to ruse, for the happy issue of great enterprises."
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
"My friends," I replied, very moved, "we're bound to each other forever, and I'm deeply indebted to you—"
Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
And stand indebted, over and above, In love and service to you evermore.
William Shakespeare -- The Merchant of Venice

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