borrow
verb (used with object)
to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.
was borrowing
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past progressiveof borrow.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I had also joined the Deer Park branch of the Toronto Public Library and was borrowing everything I could get my hands on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
The government is set to borrow £113bn this year, £11bn less than was forecast in November, the IFS calculated, but still twice what it was borrowing prior to the pandemic.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2024
She was borrowing $15,000 from her in-laws to pay the smuggling fee, including $7,000 back home in El Salvador and $8,000 once she reached Houston.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Singh became aware that Alameda was borrowing funds from FTX in mid-2022, he told a judge during his plea hearing.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
"That was done simply to blind the employees, so they need not catch on that I was borrowing."
From At the Time Appointed by J. N. Marchand
