Sentence examples for borrow time from inspiring English sources

"borrow time" is not an accepted phrase in standard English.
A more appropriate phrase would be "borrowed time" or "borrowing time", and they would be used to describe a time period that is short or temporary. For example, "We're living on borrowed time until the deadline passes."

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When researchers allowed players to borrow time from their future rounds at high rates of interest, the time-poor players borrowed profligately, and their scores plummeted.

When they were scrambling amid time scarcity, they were quick to borrow time, and they were nearly oblivious to the usurious interest rates the game organizers were charging.

Both groups could borrow time against future rounds, but the poor borrowed far more, progressively shrinking their future paychecks while the rich mostly avoided debt.

In one game, they had to answer questions in a series of timed rounds, but they could borrow time from future rounds.

In the meantime, Japan's x-ray astronomers are trying to borrow time on other instruments.

Everyone else could digest it straight away, but I had to borrow time from someone to get it typed up.

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Alicia said, "We live on borrowed time".

Each is living on borrowed time.

I am living on borrowed time".

"We've been on borrowed time.

Broadcast TV is living on borrowed time.

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