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
• Thor can’t borrow ships from the Guardians again, so the space goats make plenty of sense.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 27 June 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
• Others borrow books from the library just across the street.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 May 2022
• To borrow a phrase from a friend of mine, our secret sauce here, it’s these young, white men.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
• But at the end of the day, to borrow from Jeff Tweedy, there’s a light inside of us that shines for some reason.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Bieber borrowed a page out of Kravitz’s book in a black minidress and leather bomber over polka-dot tights.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
• 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
• If that’s the case, Harden needs to borrow a page from Chris Paul’s playbook.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 13 May 2022
• 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
• Best friends borrow clothes and never ask for them back.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 13 May 2022
• How many books were borrowed last year and which were the most popular?
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
• That difference is financed by borrowing money from people who invest in US bonds and Treasuries, which pay a varying amount of interest, also known as the yield.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
• However, Macdonald can borrow from the way the coaching staff found a role that accentuated Chancellor’s strengths and hid his weaknesses.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 22 May 2025