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Borrowed is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Borrowed in a sentence

Borrowed meaning

Having been borrowed.

Using Borrowed

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having been borrowed.
  • In the example corpus, borrowed often appears in combinations such as: borrowed from, borrowed money, on borrowed.

Context around Borrowed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Borrowed

  • In this selection, "borrowed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, shamelessly, words, centuries, money, funds and directly stand out and add context to how "borrowed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include although words borrowed from ancient and and then borrowed into the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "borrowed" sits close to words such as accomplish, adopting and ar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with borrowed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

And then it borrowed more to pay back the interest on previous loans. (13 words)

Plautus and Shakespeare Shakespeare borrowed from Plautus as Plautus borrowed from his Greek models. (14 words)

While it has somewhat shamelessly borrowed from a G-Shock, at least it has borrowed the good parts. (18 words)

However, by now most such languages have borrowed the numeral system or part of the numeral system of a national or colonial language, though in a few cases (such as Guarani ), a numeral system has been invented internally rather than borrowed. (41 words)

Chingoka did not, however, answer questions on why ZC borrowed money from Metbank when it could have borrowed from the ICC at lower interest rates, or why ZC did not deposit the ICC loan into an interest-bearing account. (39 words)

Additionally, slang terms may be borrowed between groups, such as the term "gig" which was originally coined by jazz musicians in the 1930s and then borrowed into the same hippy slang of the 1960s. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

While it has somewhat shamelessly borrowed from a G-Shock, at least it has borrowed the good parts.

Chingoka did not, however, answer questions on why ZC borrowed money from Metbank when it could have borrowed from the ICC at lower interest rates, or why ZC did not deposit the ICC loan into an interest-bearing account.

The governor said the money he borrowed as governor was to augment income to settle salary, stressing: “I have not borrowed one kobo for capital projects.

It could also be from borrowed funds, but I am sure that the executive cannot be reckless with borrowed funds.

Additionally, slang terms may be borrowed between groups, such as the term "gig" which was originally coined by jazz musicians in the 1930s and then borrowed into the same hippy slang of the 1960s.

Although words borrowed from ancient Chinese are usually written in kanji, loanwords from modern Chinese dialects which are borrowed directly use katakana rather than the Sino-Japanese on'yomi readings.

Borrowed words Knowledge of the Polish language within Europe Polish has, over the centuries, borrowed a number of words from other languages.

However, by now most such languages have borrowed the numeral system or part of the numeral system of a national or colonial language, though in a few cases (such as Guarani ), a numeral system has been invented internally rather than borrowed.

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Just as the term nuclear "chain reaction" would later be borrowed from chemistry, so the term "fission" was borrowed from biology.

Plautus and Shakespeare Shakespeare borrowed from Plautus as Plautus borrowed from his Greek models.

A lover to Beth, his devoted soul mate even though she borrowed $5.00 and never returned it.

Also, if the value of your digital assets drops significantly, you may end up owing back much more than you borrowed should you default on the loan.

Among other things, the sector minister said the government borrowed more than $1 billion and had embarked on different sanitation and water projects in various regions in Ghana.

And then it borrowed more to pay back the interest on previous loans.

Besuijen says that she fell into the directorial role in August; she is a member of the Mirror Museum Association, which had borrowed some props from the Majestic Theatre for a parade.

But LEG has not stopped there, Lesley Hawkins adds: “A library of e-bikes, tools, and accessories can be borrowed for free.

But not all of their months and years of payments were correctly recorded; some of the borrowers had paid as much as double what they originally borrowed.

But the beauty of Netflix's vast library of original films and borrowed flicks means there's something for everyone.

But the costs are often worth it because the cost of that leverage is less than what fund managers can reinvest that borrowed money into.

Disinfecting is a better option if your tools need sanitization after an infection or if someone has borrowed your tools.

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Common combinations with borrowed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "borrowed" in a sentence?
An example: "While it has somewhat shamelessly borrowed from a G-Shock, at least it has borrowed the good parts." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "borrowed" from authentic English texts.
What does "borrowed" mean?
Borrowed means: Having been borrowed.
How many example sentences with "borrowed" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "borrowed", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.