borrowed

Example Sentences

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Student, Emma Harrow, borrowed a sewing machine to teach herself to make alterations to clothes.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

More to my brother as he supports three people, or less for what he’s already borrowed?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

These books can be bought online inexpensively or borrowed from libraries without cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Since May 2025, Alphabet has already borrowed over $85 billion, across six currencies.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In November, John Seward put the two dog sleds from the school together, borrowed another team from the Trading Post, and entered me and my friend Julia Englet in the three-hundred-mile Ikuma—Nome Express Race.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell