borrowed

Example Sentences

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The team colors—blue and orange, borrowed from the city flag—are all over town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Student, Emma Harrow, borrowed a sewing machine to teach herself to make alterations to clothes.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

More to my brother as he supports three people, or less for what he’s already borrowed?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

It was a complex story about who borrowed, who lent, how risk was packaged, and who was left holding the bag.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

Then she took a long wooden stick, borrowed flame from a burning wick, and lit a new candle.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall