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'borrow' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'borrow' with 20 example sentences.


borrow verb

: get temporarily

: take up and practice as one's own


  • He borrowed money from the bank in order to buy a car.
  • Can I borrow your book for a minute?
  • Can I borrow your hammer?
  • Stop borrowing my clothes without my permission.
  • I borrowed his pencil without asking.
  • My older brother borrowed money from a loan shark.
  • I borrow books from the city library.
  • I'd like to borrow about three hundred thousand dollars.
  • Do you have a cork screw I could borrow?
  • Can I borrow a cup of sugar?
  • Can I borrow your umbrella?
  • May I borrow your calculator?
  • In all probability, no language is completely free of borrowed words.
  • I advise you not to borrow money from your friends.
  • I didn't steal it. I only borrowed it.
  • "Can I borrow your socks?" "No."
  • He regretted having borrowed that book from her.
  • I returned the knife which I had borrowed.
  • I borrowed a tent from one of my friends.
  • I borrowed this comic from his sister.
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