Example Sentences

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China has been lending the bears to American zoos for more than five decades as a friendly gesture between the two countries.

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

The 89-year-old music store owner has been lending and selling instruments to the city’s young people for more than 60 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2020

In fact, the fastest growing category of revenue and profit for the banks in recent years has been lending to “non-bank financial institutions.”

From Washington Post • May 31, 2019

Qatar Airways, for example, has been lending business-class passengers laptops during flights since the restrictions on Middle Eastern flights were introduced.

From Economist • May 30, 2017

Major Warren, indeed, has been lending me his aid; but I think the interpreter the harder to be understood of the two.

From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru