Example Sentences

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Borrowed money magnifies returns when share prices are rising as smaller investors are able to gain far more exposure to the upside, but when share prices fall that leverage exacerbates losses.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Joel Gray and I want to do “On Borrowed Time,” a play that was made in 1938 and made into a movie starring Lionel Barrymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Borrowed words usually come from the minds and mouths of bilingual speakers who end up moving between different cultures and places.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

Borrowed shares as well as options and other derivatives account for nearly two thirds of the stake, so that voting rights refer only to 2.69% of the bank's capital.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2023

“Shaukat's daughter. This weekend. Borrowed some money for her dowry, even though it’ll still be a modest one, given their financial circumstances. Your family never mentioned it?”

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed