Example Sentences

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After poor ticket sales, producers were reported to have mortgaged property to cover debts.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

By trading their first-round draft picks for Matthew Stafford, the Rams might have mortgaged their future, but they gave L.A. fans a fantastic present.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Seven months later, it’s just as easy to see how the Sixers may have mortgaged their future as a result.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2018

Representative Scott Rigell, Republican of Virginia, calls them “the hardworking men and women who have mortgaged their homes to buy or to rent a little brick-and-mortar shop.”

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013

Why should my father have mortgaged the place?

From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)