devolving on

Example Sentences

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There is a term of probation in the Post Office, and details of the duties devolving on postal clerks may not be without interest to the Bristol public.

From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles

In the discharge of the work devolving on me from day to day, I felt I should have been recreant to duty, and missed many opportunities of usefulness, had I gone away.

From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James

It will be seen how varied are the duties devolving on the missionary, and how great are the demands on thought and effort for their proper discharge.

From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James

He has not the broad intellect requisite for the gigantic measures needed in such a crisis, nor the health and physique for the labors devolving on him.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

The two men also departed, after looking to the safe, and the last duties devolving on them, seeing that all was locked and double-locked.

From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne