borne

Example Sentences

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Consumers have borne higher gasoline prices for months, but the impacts of the Iran war are rippling through other sectors of the economy.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

In Houston, at least, most of the organizing costs are not expected to be borne by local governments.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

That's borne out by the huge rise in the number of women now waiting for gynaecological procedures in England.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“Even if the tax were borne entirely by producers, it would have only a limited impact on output decisions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The master and mistress, and their kin, and one child she had borne were in that house—which she did not enter.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin