How to Use borrowed time in a Sentence

borrowed time

noun

• One didn't need to be Nostradamus to see that the team's logo was living on borrowed time.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Run-first QBs who are collegiate sensations, as Kaepernick was, are living on borrowed time in the pro game.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 18 Oct. 2017
• That deal fell through, but the property is still for sale, and Ms. Micklesen and her neighbors know now that their community, and their way of life, are on borrowed time.
  — Jason Buch, New York Times, 21 July 2019
• And then there are the ones living on borrowed time — whether to be concealed by a new building, or have their masonry canvas shredded so that a new building can rise.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2019
• Tate’s case is a reminder that parents are unabashedly posting about their little kids on borrowed time.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2019
• For many years, Borrego Springs has been living on borrowed time, drawing far more water from the ground than its rains replace, a practice the state says can no longer continue.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2019
• The source indicated that Facebook was likely on borrowed time.
  — Zack Whittaker, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2017
• The days of Louisiana residents falling back and springing forward could very well be on borrowed time.
  — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
• Miami remains on borrowed time The Hurricanes remain unbeaten, winning again by the skin of their teeth.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• All are potentially on borrowed time, facing a three-year window before regulators may force them off the FM band.
  — Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
• Toffees chairman Bill Kenwright apologised for a gaffe that added to the perception Allardyce is on borrowed time with Everton.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• So, Arlo’s owner, Ashley Sakelarakis, has decided to make every day Arlo is around count, starting a bucket list for the pup that is living on borrowed time.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 21 Nov. 2017
• Seniors living on borrowed time and money while bankers drain their children’s inheritance makes for a potent image of decline.
  — Gerard Gayou, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
• Medina: Fizdale has been running on borrowed time ever since the Knicks’ front office held a press conference to question the team’s effort and consistency.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2019
• Any industry that harms its consumers, pollutes the planet and depends for its survival on political support is living on borrowed time, though.
  — David Fickling | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
• Ronald Koeman's tenure at Goodison park is reportedly on borrowed time after a poor start to the season despite some heavy summer spending.
  — SI.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• Season 1 of the show ended with Ben (Josh Dallas) and his family discovering that the passengers are potentially living on borrowed time.
  — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• The Arizona Republican Party is living on borrowed time as demographic trends slowly chip away at its safely red status.
  — Jim Newell, Slate Magazine, 21 Aug. 2017
• Statistically speaking, my friend is living on borrowed time.
  — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2019
• The new focus reflects concern among executives that Tory divisions over Brexit and May’s electoral failure put her government on borrowed time.
  — Bloomberg.com, 30 Nov. 2017
• Though Crosby appears sturdy, even robust, everybody in his immediate orbit seems to agree that the singer, who is seventy-seven, is operating on borrowed time, as the seemingly undeserving beneficiary of a divine extension.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024