How to Use rent in a Sentence
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There’s more to this than cheap rent.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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The rent for the units are not yet set.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
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Who is a rent-to-own home good for?
—Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2026
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What are the pros of rent-to-own homes?
—Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 3 Apr. 2026
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One paid the rent with a row of her teeth.
—Sandra Lim, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Many coastal towns have shops with e-bikes for rent.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
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That scene lives rent-free in my head with the two of them.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026
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And who is footing the rent bill?
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
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How much will the two be paying for rent?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2025
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All the while rent keeps going up.
—Sumathy Kumar, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
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The dude performs like rent is due.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
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The apartment is great and the rent is cheap.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Things like the price of rent or a home matters.
—Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025
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What is a rent-to-own agreement?
—Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 3 Apr. 2026
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But what will their rents look like in the new building?
—Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
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The rent is high, and the kids can’t go to college.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
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But in the years since, rents have been trending down.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
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Their rent will go up when their landlords’ tax bills rise.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
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But as housing prices have gone up, so have land rents.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
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That’s why prices and rents are so high; there aren’t enough homes to go around.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
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But dating in this city doesn’t have to cost as much as rent.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
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Their rent alone was about $2,200 per month.
—Brianna Mantaras, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
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Now, the price of the space up for rent on the map will include all fees.
—Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
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Nobody had to worry about how much the rent was.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
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My brother wants to move into the home and pay me rent.
—Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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Not everyone needs a tablet that costs as much as rent.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Not everyone needs a tablet that costs as much as rent.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
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Not everyone needs a tablet that costs as much as rent.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026
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Not everyone needs a tablet that costs as much as rent.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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Unable to pay rent in jail, he got evicted.
—Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
- Do you own or rent?
- We rented them the upstairs apartment in our house.
- We rented our friends' cottage for the month of August.
- The cottage rents for $400 a week.
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This lives in my head rent free.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Groups could rent the rooms by the hour.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025
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But most plan to rent their units out at least some of the time.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
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Bikes can be rented there as well.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Nine of them rented more than once.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
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When Mirkovic was young, his mom would rent a gym to train him.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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The team still has to make sure that rent for the premises is paid each month.
—Charlotte Lytton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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Make this stretch of coast your home base by renting a beach house or lake house.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
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Groups of friends often rent dune buggies and split the cost.
—Carla Vianna, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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Never rent a place that doesn’t have outdoor space.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Rooms were being rented by the hour.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
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Equipment, gear, and tools may be rented for a project.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 June 2026
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No other landlord would rent to her.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 17 June 2026
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Better yet, banks wouldn’t rent savings in the first place.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Here's what to know about renting the cottage.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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What are the pros of renting an EV?
—Keith Laing, USA Today, 7 May 2026
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Sandboards and sleds are available to rent.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026
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Sandboards and sleds are available to rent.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
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How about renting your clothes instead?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 May 2026
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How much does rent reporting cost?
—Layla Melendez, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
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Summer House fans can bid to rent the house for one of the four nights here.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
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Tickets are $13, and skates are $5 to rent.
—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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They’ve been kept rather well, although they’ve been rented out over the years.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
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In a city where housing is scarce, homes should be lived in, rented out or sold.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
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King rented the home for about a year before moving on.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
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Fly into Bari, rent a car, and make a weekend of it.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2026
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