Example Sentences

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To raise the funds, police said, some pawned their family assets while others borrowed the money from the employers.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

Migrants pawned their jewelry to pay for passage or brought their treasure to new lands.

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

I went in and asked the clerk if anyone had pawned a Tiffany watch and about 200 CDs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

A Tressy doll, with hideous button unleashing torrents of plastic hair, that’s what Santa pawned off on me.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

I noticed she was wearing only two silver hoops in each ear, and I figured that maybe she’d pawned all the others, like her promise ring.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen