How to Use pawn in a Sentence

pawn

1 of 2 noun

• And then my wife’s wedding ring took its fourth trip to the pawn shop.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023
• Around 200 are still pawns in a high-stakes game of blackmail.
  — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2023
• Vasquez had bought it from a Garland pawn shop in 2017.
  — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
• The 64-year-old Dallas man bought the gun at a Garland pawn shop.
  — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
• Here's what pawn shops reveal about the state of the economy.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• Brown and Stallworth then went and sold Brown’s boat trailer to a pawn shop for $60.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 14 Nov. 2022
• Children are pawns in this tug of war over their learning and their minds.
  — WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
• Bill Wilkins was a pawn in Valak’s scheme to possess Janet Hodgson.
  — Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
• The case has raised concerns that Griner is being used as a pawn in Russia's war with Ukraine.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 5 Aug. 2022
• Diaz-Canel said the protestors were pawns of the US, part of a plot to bring down the Cuban government.
  — Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
• Were they killed by rival drug gangs who treated them like pawns?
  — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
• Street's quick to defend the mourning mom as a mere pawn, but Perry's not so convinced.
  — EW.com, 29 June 2020
• There’s no bike lane just east of there, outside a 7-Eleven strip mall, and no bike lane just west of there, where there’s a pawn shop and a doughnut shop.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
• The officer checked the trunk and found three more cleaners and recent pawn shop receipts.
  — Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2022
• It was turned into the pawn shop that everyone knows today in 1988 by Rick.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
• Turns out, Lampson said, that the resident at the address also was deaf and was being used as a pawn in the scam.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• And Asaf himself is little more than a pawn, refusing to step forth.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Emily's shocked because her plan to use Kiki as a pawn failed, and now her own teammate is at risk.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• But Colorado’s value to the Big 12 was also strategic, a potential pawn in the long game.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• The property borders a pawn shop, some auto repair stores and a truck yard.
  — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
• For example, pawns could not move two squares on their first turn, and there was no similar rule for castling.
  — Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• The 24 alum finds himself as a paranoid pawn in a game of deadly corporate espionage in the new Paramount+ thriller.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
• Cameron Hardin, an affable, hirsute Eastman, Georgia stay-at-home dad, has been placed as a pawn two weeks in a row.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 27 Aug. 2023
• When Turner's partner (Matthew Modine) is used as a pawn, Turner must decide whether to shoot him.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• And that adoptees are being used as pawns against reproductive rights while their own rights are denied.
  — Laura Goetz, STAT, 3 Mar. 2023
• Niger was a pawn, and coups happen when pawns are pulled between geopolitical kings.
  — Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2023
• Throughout the years, many trinkets made their way to our family through my favorite cousin Art, who spent a few years working at a pawn shop.
  — Yesika Salgado, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2022
• Detectives identified Delk and found the gun at a pawn shop days after the shooting, police said.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
• This is not the first time Russia has seemingly tried to use the Jewish Agency as a pawn in its relations with Israel.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 25 July 2022
• But some Measure 110 opponents see the left using Oregon to its advantage as well – as a pawn in its efforts to end the war on drugs.
  — Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023

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pawn

2 of 2 verb

• She was forced to pawn her diamond ring.
• The same two witnesses now said Myers was the one who pawned the VCR for crack.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Pap pawned Tedra's wedding ring to buy a freezer for the restaurant.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• In the summer of 2020, the comedian bought a brand-new Rolex, then pawned it at a steep discount to get some hands on some quick cash.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• Arthur then passes out face-first in a puddle and flips Barry a ring, telling him to pawn it off and use the money to get him another drink.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 16 June 2023
• Some were likely to pawn a fancy device like the medical grade watch MRG offered.
  — Vianna Davila, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2020
• My heart isn't bleeding anymore for the single moms and the people with little kids who have to pawn everything to keep them from getting evicted.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
• Wrangling angry exes isn’t the most beloved task for some, which may be why the general civil judges pawn it off on their most junior colleague.
  — Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• Pawning was the leading form of consumer credit in the United States until the 1950s, and pawn shops are still helping everyday people make ends meet.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 15 Mar. 2023
• Smith’s mother, Ramona McCallie, said she has been forced to get payday loans, pawn her jewelry and sell furniture to help pay the cost of her daughter’s house arrest and fines.
  — Ashley Remkus | [e-mail], al, 20 Jan. 2022
• But whoever stole it could neither ride it or pawn it off on anyone, so it was eventually recovered.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• Vialva pulled out a gun, forced the couple into the trunk and drove around for several hours, stopping at ATMs to withdraw cash and attempting to pawn the woman’s wedding ring, according to prosecutors.
  — Michael Balsamo, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2020
• Vialva pulled out a gun, forced the couple into the trunk and drove around for several hours, stopping at ATMs to withdraw cash and attempting to pawn the woman's wedding ring, according to prosecutors.
  — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2020
• Later, on cross-examination, Carolyn admitted that she had been arrested once for possession of cocaine and another time for trying to pawn an Xbox that was not hers.
  — NBC News, 6 Dec. 2021
• She was forced to pawn her diamond ring.
• The same two witnesses now said Myers was the one who pawned the VCR for crack.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Pap pawned Tedra's wedding ring to buy a freezer for the restaurant.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• In the summer of 2020, the comedian bought a brand-new Rolex, then pawned it at a steep discount to get some hands on some quick cash.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• Arthur then passes out face-first in a puddle and flips Barry a ring, telling him to pawn it off and use the money to get him another drink.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 16 June 2023
• Some were likely to pawn a fancy device like the medical grade watch MRG offered.
  — Vianna Davila, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2020
• My heart isn't bleeding anymore for the single moms and the people with little kids who have to pawn everything to keep them from getting evicted.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
• Wrangling angry exes isn’t the most beloved task for some, which may be why the general civil judges pawn it off on their most junior colleague.
  — Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• Pawning was the leading form of consumer credit in the United States until the 1950s, and pawn shops are still helping everyday people make ends meet.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 15 Mar. 2023
• Smith’s mother, Ramona McCallie, said she has been forced to get payday loans, pawn her jewelry and sell furniture to help pay the cost of her daughter’s house arrest and fines.
  — Ashley Remkus | [e-mail], al, 20 Jan. 2022
• But whoever stole it could neither ride it or pawn it off on anyone, so it was eventually recovered.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• Vialva pulled out a gun, forced the couple into the trunk and drove around for several hours, stopping at ATMs to withdraw cash and attempting to pawn the woman’s wedding ring, according to prosecutors.
  — Michael Balsamo, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2020
• Vialva pulled out a gun, forced the couple into the trunk and drove around for several hours, stopping at ATMs to withdraw cash and attempting to pawn the woman's wedding ring, according to prosecutors.
  — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2020
• Later, on cross-examination, Carolyn admitted that she had been arrested once for possession of cocaine and another time for trying to pawn an Xbox that was not hers.
  — NBC News, 6 Dec. 2021
• She was forced to pawn her diamond ring.
• The same two witnesses now said Myers was the one who pawned the VCR for crack.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023

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