rented

Example Sentences

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But why does Amazon, launched by Jeff Bezos in 1995 as an online bookstore out of a rented garage, have so few serious rivals in the West when it comes to e-commerce?

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Deeper in the Dales, Nancy and I rented a “glamping pod” in Malhamdale.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

In Delhi, in our rented place surrounded by dark, healthy soil, he made our garden flourish with happy peas, bright roses, lauki, bell peppers, chilies and so many varieties of beans we couldn’t keep count.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Yet Jackson would not spend his final days living at his beloved home, but rather residing in a $100,000-a-month rented mansion in Los Angeles, where he died in 2009.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

“Not I. The utmost I hope is, to save money enough out of my earnings to set up a school some day in a little house rented by myself.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë