lent
Example Sentences
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Business often took Lai to New York, and on one of those trips, he was lent a book that came to define his worldview: The Road to Serfdom by Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek, a champion of free-market capitalism.
From BBC
Far from an indignity, I thought it lent a certain gravitas otherwise absent from my banal demeanor.
This thematically organized show—curated by Carlos Gollonet, chief curator of photography at the Spanish Fundación MAPFRE, which lent all the works in the exhibition—opens with a 1979 self-portrait in which the photographer has adorned her face with the traditional paint of the Seri people.
It also took a 31% stake in the company and lent Kahn’s investment fund $201 million, largely secured with shares of Franchise Group.
From Los Angeles Times
The comedy veteran lent his voice to other animated films and shows, including “Barnyard” and “Happy Feet,” the latter of which he worked on with Robin Williams.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
