pawning
- present participle of pawn.
Example Sentences
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She’s hoping to avoid pawning something or paying a bill late.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
I offended an acolyte who caught me pawning off the dessert basket she brought me to a neighbor, and insulted a coworker who’d gifted me holiday champagne by saying, “Don’t you know I don’t drink?”
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023
Smith was tried and found guilty the following year for knowingly selling and pawning his forgeries.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023
His path to the death chamber began in 1999 when, as an 18-year-old, he was jailed on a misdemeanor charge of pawning a rented stereo system.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023
“NO! I’m keeping it. If you don’t want it then I’m pawning it. We have at least four or five months’ rent here.”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
