How to Use lien in a Sentence

lien

noun

• The state placed liens on the restaurant to collect the debt.
  — Robert Anglen, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2017
• Because the loan is backed by the lien on your car, the risk for the lender is low.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2023
• The down payment loan comes in the form of a second lien loan.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• The bidder may bid in excess of the tax due to secure the lien.
  — al, 14 Apr. 2021
• The state has filed a lien against Vysk for half of the claims, which total almost $8,100.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 23 June 2018
• Under law, once an item is sold, it is sold free of a lender’s lien.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2020
• Keach said the lien is not likely to disrupt the city purchase.
  — Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• For the sale to go through the buyer and seller must agree to pay off the fraudulent lien.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• At the end of the day, what the creditor ends up with is a lien on that interest.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• Dawn King [reading from papers]: This is the pile of liens that Robert had against him.
  — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2018
• Rogers-O’Brien wants the court’s OK to proceed with a foreclosure of its lien.
  — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 4 June 2020
• There are lot more folks who are entrenched in their own little lien-tos in the woods, Thall said.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Investors buy the liens, fail to collect on the debt, give up, and the property winds up back in the tax sale.
  — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Their attorneys have since bowed out and filed liens against the heirs' claims with the estate.
  — Claudia Rosenbaum, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2019
• Once a mobile-home tax lien is purchased, the buyer owns the home and can evict the tenants.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, 12 July 2019
• If owners don't pay, the city may sell the lien to an investor for the amount outstanding.
  — Yvonne Wenger, baltimoresun.com, 16 June 2017
• The home is in tax title status and a lien must be paid before it can be sold.
  — Associated Press, courant.com, 1 June 2017
• The fees that the buyers paid to cover the costs of the tax sale become part of the cost to buy back the lien, according to Mumby.
  — David Anderson, The Aegis, 20 June 2017
• The city would pay for the demolition, and the cost would then be placed as a lien against the mortgage holder.
  — Amanda Marrazzo, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• Matt Keyes, a spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party, made hay out of the tax lien in a statement.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2021
• The city then bills the owners for the cost, and attaches a tax lien if necessary.
  — Don Stacom, courant.com, 22 July 2021
• The women were most afraid the lender could sue Rebecca and get a lien on her house in Troutville, Virginia.
  — Annie Nova, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
• Woodward and Liam are some of the many who face eviction because of a lien system that is still in flux.
  — Ben Brasch, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Selling a car with a lien on it requires some extra steps.
  — Ashley Donohoe, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2023
• The bank will either possess the title or be listed as the lien holder.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 19 July 2023
• In January, the contractors filed liens against the project.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The lien goes up each time the city mows the grass or does other necessary maintenance.
  — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 11 Aug. 2017
• If the city demolishes the structure, the cost is passed to the owner, typically in the form of a tax lien.
  — NOLA.com, 15 June 2017
• At the time, the Free Press reported the property was in receivership and unpaid bills and liens totaled some $2.5 million.
  — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
• This execution lien essentially follows the money to wherever the money goes so that the creditor may assert a superior right to the funds over those of any transferee of those funds.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025