lent

Example Sentences

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The design of the school, which already had separate areas for the youngest pupils, "lent itself really well to a pilot", added head teacher Jason Hicks.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"The fire control centre gave us 20 litres of fuel and lent us leaf blowers. Once the season ends, we have to return them," he told AFP, standing before a blackened, ash-strewn stretch of land.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Recently, Streep lent her voice to blockbusters “Hoppers” and “Project Hail Mary.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

A five-year federal investigation into Wiederhorn, prompted by fraud allegations at Capital Consultants, a firm he did business with, revealed that he had lent himself some $65 million from Wilshire that he never repaid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

“I can’t believe you lent it to her,” Julia says.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée