lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
had lent
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past perfectof lend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I drove the aging four-cylinder Ford Escort my grandmother had lent me, a car not much faster than her sewing machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Marr had lent it to Noel Gallagher during early recording sessions for Oasis' album Definitely Maybe.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The bank had lent to a private-credit-fund-linked special purpose vehicle which had on-lent to the defaulted borrower.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
In a dramatic courtroom moment, an acquaintance of the young women revealed while on the stand that the jacket was his, and he had lent it to Denise the night she vanished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
That night, Magdalys lay in bed staring at the dark ceiling, her fingers laced behind the silky headscarf Miss Bernice had lent her.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
