How to Use debt of gratitude in a Sentence

debt of gratitude

noun phrase
  • Our city owes you a debt of gratitude.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Trump owes Mueller a huge debt of gratitude.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The city owes Mansueto a debt of gratitude.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But Schwarzenegger, Brown and Newsom owe him a debt of gratitude.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Our entire community owes you a debt of gratitude.
    Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And any show that manages to consistently deliver so much tension owes a huge debt of gratitude to its editing team.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 June 2026
  • In many ways, the American people owe a debt of gratitude to the early champions of longevity medicine.
    Jordan D. Metzl, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Randall is owed a debt of gratitude for championing the important and too-often overlooked culinary contributions of African Americans.
    Brad Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Cleveland apparently owes its nearly quarter-billion quarterback who hasn't delivered anything but disappointment a debt of gratitude.
    Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
  • The nation that endures partly because of that principle owes a debt of gratitude to the New York Times, which filed a First Amendment lawsuit in Friedman’s court.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Nonetheless, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi also owes a debt of gratitude to its Bilbao predecessor, a building considered by many to be Gehry’s magnum opus.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Thomas Jefferson, as secretary of state, passionately advocated honoring the treaty, viewing it as a debt of gratitude to a nation that shared republican ideals and had sacrificed much for American liberty.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026

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