Tradition, always busy, at least in Scotland, to grace with a legendary tale a spot in itself interesting, had ascribed a cause of peculiar veneration to this fountain.

His failure is not to be ascribed to want of diligence.

Her failure is not to be ascribed to want of diligence.

He ascribes his failure to bad luck.

The teacher ascribed tremendous importance to this chapter.

She ascribed her failure to bad luck.

Some scholars ascribe the settlement of America to social unrest in Western Europe.

The police ascribed the automobile accident to reckless driving.

He ascribes his poverty to bad luck.

He ascribed his success to hard work.