Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

lend

[lend] / lɛnd /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Weaker performance by the companies they lend to and a selloff in public debt markets forced funds to write down investments that are still paying interest even as defaults climbed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

He also plans to lend his own campaign $1 million, which seems like the sort of thing you do if you intend to gut it out.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Its glacial flatness doesn’t lend itself to crusades, or to impressive scenes like a man on horseback silhouetted against the sunset.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Regulation limited how much lenders were able to lend - technically, only 15% of their new mortgages could be at higher than 4.5 times loan-to-income.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Get in trouble, all you got to do is wave your arms or make some noise, they’ll lend a hand.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

“Fans love drama, buildup, internet gossip, beef and story lines, and I think fighting naturally lends itself to that,” Paul said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

It also lends the sandwich the air of something procured from a real cute deli, perhaps one with handwritten menu boards and expensive sparkling water.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The deal would be the latest in a string of vendor financing agreements in the AI ecosystem, whereby a seller lends to a buyer of its products.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

A heavily congested schedule lends itself to splitting the coaching jobs, but can also lead to one team being sidelined in terms of access to multi-format players.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

A friend at camp lends him a bucket.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Some funds have also lent heavily to software makers threatened by artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The Hormuz closure has only lent greater significance to the Red Sea, the only other maritime route for oil shipments from global heavyweight Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Rather than convert their mountain of trade-surplus dollars into yen, which would have driven the yen higher still, they lent the dollars back to the country they had earned them from.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

The setlist lent heavily on tracks from the album, including Some Might Say and Champagne Supernova.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

You always lent a hand to other human beings.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Walter, the billionaire founder of Guggenheim Partners, is facing a federal investigation at his firm into private credit lending, and a liquidity crunch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

“Lenders are fairly comfortable with the current macroeconomic conditions to keep lending money,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The regulator also said it had concerns around Bunq management’s experience with unsecured credit cards, its main lending product.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

It’s not quite quantitative easing, because the Federal Reserve is lending Japan money in return for temporary ownership of Treasurys in repurchase agreements, rather than outright buying the Treasurys.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

One of the eyes winked spasmodically at intervals, lending an eerie liveliness to an otherwise motionless countenance.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




Vocabulary lists containing lend


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training