How to Use owe in a Sentence

owe

verb

• I still owe on the car.
• I owe you a drink.
• I owe the bank a lot of money.
• I owe you my thanks.
• We owe no income tax.
• She still owes me for all the times I've helped her out.
• Additional payments are owed on the mortgage.
• The student would owe $350 if the fine wasn’t paid by the end of the year.
  — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2022
• Those of us touched by the gift of his life owe it to him to pass it on.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2021
• Greer said Snellings had for more than a year owed him over $1,000.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2025
• And this is where the weather metaphor doesn’t apply to the debt the Wizards owe the Knicks.
  — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 31 July 2025
• Once the stock was sold, your son owed taxes on those gains.
  — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• There is a plan to transfer that debt to those who don’t owe it.
  — WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
• A quarter of adults with health care debt owe more than $5,000.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• Baldwin remains free and does not owe bond to the court.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 23 Feb. 2023
• Those of us who love the work of Florine Stettheimer owe a debt to Barbara Bloemink.
  — Tim Page, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
• Others wonder what the past is owed — and for how long.
  — Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
• In the 2nd Essex, the thin margins could owe to new boundaries.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• Adams is owed $35.6 million salaries each of the past two seasons.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
• But that doesn't mean Bill Clinton doesn't owe her one.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
• The world appears to be both unjust and to owe us something.
  — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2022
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes wouldn’t seem to owe an obvious debt to the films of James Cameron.
  — Simon Thompson, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
• Moshfegh doesn’t owe us a tidy sermon in the shape of a novel.
  — Jess Bergman, The New Republic, 22 June 2022
• Taylor is in the final year of his deal and is owed $17 million.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
• Here's what you're owed if your flight is canceled or delayed by the storm.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
• There are many reasons why you may be owed money and not be aware of it.
  — New York Daily News Special Sections, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
• But by that point, the banks were so overwhelmed that they could, at least in theory, be persuaded to settle for far less than they were owed.
  — Paula Aceves, Curbed, 26 June 2026
• But those are costly and uncertain, so a creditor is more likely to accept less than the full balance owed.
  — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 26 June 2026
• The Rays still owe him about $160 million on a long-term deal signed in 2021.
  — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
• But a road doesn’t owe you or promise you a destination.
  — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 24 June 2026