Example Sentences

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The man was lending to around 100 people and has since been jailed.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023

Nargeolet was lending his expertise to a separate company, OceanGate, when he and four others died on the Titan’s final dive near the Titanic in June.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 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

With no one using it, he was lending it to Isa until she went up to a new size.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser