borrowed
Example Sentences
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To that end, Verhoeven borrowed heavily from Nazi Party propaganda in the movie’s visual elements.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
White nets stretch high across the front of brick buildings in Pakistan's northern border region, a tactic borrowed from the Ukrainian battlefield to protect police against the latest militant threat -- drones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
If anything like the present product, it would have to have been a very particular kind of comedy — something like “30 Rock,” whose beats were borrowed from cartoons in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hearn even borrowed his father's car to impress Taylor.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
He had borrowed the word from gymnastics, in which his sister Peggy had once competed, and he used it often with doctors at the Brigham.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
