How to Use borrow in a Sentence

borrow

verb

• He borrowed the book from the library.
• Will you see if we can borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbors?
• I'm borrowing a friend's car for the weekend.
• The twins often borrow each other's clothes.
• She borrowed the technique from local artisans.
• The speech was peppered with phrases borrowed from Winston Churchill.
• She borrowed $20 from me.
• The three stayed in the truck, while Shaw borrowed a bike to try to get to his home.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
• Bring your own rod and reel or borrow one from the hosts.
  — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
• And those aren’t the strangest items available to borrow.
  — Roy Rivenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022
• Don’t fret; the hotel has its own quiver for guests to borrow.
  — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
• Those who do buy won’t be able to borrow as much, which will knock prices.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• That said, Double Chicken Please seems to borrow more from the art world than the speakeasy down the street.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
• Thanks to the team-up with CNN, Channel 4 can borrow their data feeds through the night.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• And just one year ago, to borrow a phrase from Ron Burgundy, that seemed like kind of a big deal.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
• To borrow from Shakespeare: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
• So Meyers finds Aidy Bryant in the crowd, borrows some cash from her, and runs back to tip the bartender.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
• In the movie, Gosling’s character borrows the truck from the set of the film that Blunt’s Jody is directing.
  — Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2024
• In last week’s episode, threat of illness at the ranch led John to borrow money to move the herds south for the winter.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
• My wife has already asked to borrow the device, which is kind of big news in our home.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
• How many books were borrowed last year and which were the most popular?
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
• Instead of borrowing, the McCaskeys could sell shares in the team.
  — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
• The report also includes, for the first time, money the city plans to borrow to pay for projects.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
• Guests who lost their homes borrowed suits and shoes for the couple’s wedding.
  — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
• Cash-short banks were still lining up this week to borrow money from the Fed.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• Users can borrow a car for as little as an hour and up to two days and use their phones to unlock and start the cars.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
• Jacob Oden’s future is so bright, to borrow a phrase, he’s gotta wear shades.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2023
• At the beginning of the year, the U.S. government would have paid you 0.4% to borrow money from you for the next 12 months.
  — Stacy Francis, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• The basics of interest rates Interest rates are simply the cost of borrowing money.
  — Stephanie Colestock, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
• Pair it back with a crisp white cotton skirt or for something more fashion forward borrow from mocha mousse; pink and brown is an unexpected but cool combination.
  — Libby Page, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 15 Mar 2025