Example Sentences

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A few months later, she opened her paycheck and discovered the hospital had garnished her wages by $870 a month.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2019

Months later, he discovered why: A debt collector had garnished his bank account after suing him for about $4,500 the company said he owed on an old debt.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2015

Then she learned from a Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter that it was not Supportkids but the military that had garnished her ex-husband's wages.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Disgusting!" said her son, carefully covering the body of the ant with a leaf which had garnished the pat of butter.

From Under the Mendips A Tale by Marshall, Emma

Fired by my example, the good lady came up to help, and when I returned from a stroll she had garnished it.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas