6 sentences with 'owning'
Example sentences and phrases with the word owning and other words derived from it.
• « In the future, many monasteries became economic powerhouses, owning large tracts of land and selling their produce at a healthy profit. »
• « European civilisation was powerful and self-confident before the First World War, owning more than 80% of the planet and at the cutting edge of science and technology. »
• « The city, and indeed all of Pennsylvania, seemed to be the best country for poor men and women, many of whom came as servants and dreamed of owning land. »
• « Although the Cherokee followed the example of their white neighbours by farming and owning property, as well as embracing Christianity and owning their own slaves, this was of little consequence at a time when whites perceived all Indians as incapable of becoming full citizens of the republic. »
• « These landless whites dreamed of owning land and slaves and served as overseers, drivers and slave traders in the southern economy. »