Sentences with borrow
bor·row
B b - Can I borrow a pen please? [VERB noun]
- Morgan borrowed £5,000 from his father to form the company 20 years ago. [VERB noun + from]
- The use of off after borrow was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts
- I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library. [VERB noun + from]
- I borrowed his words for my book's title. [VERB noun]
- A left borrow
- To borrow a theory
- The word depot was borrowed from French
- This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
- To borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another
- “Rosie, borrow me your look looker, I bet my lips are all. Everytime I eat or drink, so quick I gotta fix ’em, yet. ”
- Yes, my lord, he told me this in my own house; and I told him he might go to esquire Tindal, and I lent him eighteen pence, and borrowed him a horse in the town.
- Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- To borrow an idea from the opposition; to borrow a word from French.
- Don't borrow unless you intend to repay.