Ascribes

//əˈskɹaɪbz//

"Ascribes" in a Sentence (3 examples)

He ascribes his failure to bad luck.

He ascribes his poverty to bad luck.

Margaret Mead ascribes to the Balinese she studied an inability to follow complex directions. I ask, "What of her ability to express complex directions in Balinese?"

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