BORROW in a Sentence
Learn BORROW from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
142 example sentences for BORROW, such as:
1. So you want to borrow some money.
2. Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow.
3. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
4. I borrowed a primer of science from the library.
5. She used to borrow money and not bother to pay it back.
2. Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow.
3. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
4. I borrowed a primer of science from the library.
5. She used to borrow money and not bother to pay it back.
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Meanings and Examples of BORROW
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borrow
v. get temporarily
v. take up and practice as one's own
Classic Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1 Nor could she borrow a dress, for the satin wedding dresses of years past had all gone into the making of battle flags.
2 There must be some way out, there must be someone somewhere who had money she could borrow.
3 She'd tell the family tonight she was going to Atlanta to borrow money, to try to mortgage the farm if necessary.
4 Scarlett was going to Atlanta to borrow money or to mortgage Tara if necessary.
5 So you want to borrow some money.
6 Just remember, my precious little cheat, the time will come when you will want to borrow more money from me.
7 "When I need money I'll borrow it from the bank, thank you," she said coldly, but her breast was heaving with rage.
8 For some time she had been planning to borrow more money from Rhett to buy a lot downtown and start a lumber yard there.
9 Mrs. Merriwether, wishing to expand her growing bakery, had tried to borrow two thousand dollars from the bank with her house as security.
10 She tore herself betimes from the lingering enjoyment of her breakfast-tray, rang to have her grey gown laid out, and despatched her maid to borrow a prayer-book from Mrs. Trenor.
11 And from that pallor of the dead, we borrow the expressive hue of the shroud in which we wrap them.
12 When we had to borrow anything, or to send about word that there would be preaching at the sod schoolhouse, I was always the messenger.
13 One day when I rode over to the Shimerdas' I found Antonia starting off on foot for Russian Peter's house, to borrow a spade Ambrosch needed.
14 They were married at once, though he had to borrow money from his cousin to buy the wedding ring.
15 They had been in the neighborhood so short a time that they could not get much credit, and there was no one except Szedvilas from whom they could borrow even a little.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.
2 He came to see me on/under the pretext of asking my advice when he really wanted to borrow money.
3 If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
4 He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter.
5 You can borrow my camera if you promise to take care of/look after it.
6 Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow.
7 She used to borrow money and not bother to pay it back.
8 The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.
9 That law trial was a slow business -- appeared like they warn't ever going to get started on it; so every now and then I'd borrow two or three dollars off of the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding.
10 Almost all projects borrow heavily from bitcoin and ethereum, another blockchain that comes with snippets of code that encapsulate business rules which are executed automatically if certain events occur.
11 The poor stationer was at the mercy of those from whom he borrowed money.
12 Since his cancer was diagnosed, he feels as if he's living on borrowed time.
13 A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
14 I borrowed a primer of science from the library.
15 It is obligatory that books borrowed from the library be returned within two weeks.