lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
was lending
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past progressiveof lend.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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The Titan was operated by a separate company, OceanGate, to which Nargeolet was lending expertise.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Andrew Griffith, Britain's economic secretary to the Treasury, told Reuters in an interview that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's economic plan was lending confidence to financial markets that Britain can withstand a difficult economic environment ahead.
From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2023
For certain alumni, Caruso’s most important contribution to USC was lending his private plane to whisk the new football coach Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
“It was lending to the time that we were in,” Trawick says.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2021
Although the United States was still officially neutral, it was lending aid to Britain, then under Nazi assault by air and sea.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
