7 sentences with 'borrowed'
Example sentences and phrases with the word borrowed and other words derived from it.
• « From the Persian tradition, the Abbasid caliphs borrowed both the practical traditions of bureaucracy and administration and an equally important tradition of political status: they were the rulers of many peoples, recognising local identities while expecting deference and, of course, taxes. »
• « France asked the United States to return the money it had borrowed from France to finance the Revolutionary War. However, Britain would judge any aid given to France as a hostile act. »
• « Unfortunately, this policy proved to be a disaster when the Bank of England, the source of much of the foreign exchange borrowed by American businesses, drastically reduced lending to the United States. »
• « Southern planters also borrowed money from banks in northern cities and, in southern summers, took advantage of advances in transportation to travel to the resorts of Saratoga, New York; Litchfield, Connecticut; and Newport, Rhode Island. »