Impound is an English word with synonyms like attach or sequester. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Impound in a sentence
Related words
Impound meaning
- To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
- To hold back.
- To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
Using Impound
- The main meaning on this page is: To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound. | To hold back. | To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
- Useful related words include: attach, sequester, confiscate, seize.
- In the example corpus, impound often appears in combinations such as: to impound, and impound, impound the.
Context around Impound
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Impound
- In this selection, "impound" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, county, lot, center and okadas stand out and add context to how "impound" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include action and impound the livestock and and you impound their vehicle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "impound" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with impound
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Impound busses and give them what charge? (7 words)
Police also can levy penalty points against drivers and impound their vehicles. (12 words)
So the impound companies switched to booting, which for a long time also went unregulated. (15 words)
When asked about the threat of impound for non-payment at the roadside as an unconscionable act under section 8, they said that they could not make a determination like that without an official complaint from a consumer so it could be properly assessed. (44 words)
He said, “The bus was later released to him after he parted with N5,000; this is what we are battling with on a daily basis; most of the money we make goes to the task force personnel, who arrest and impound vehicles indiscriminately. (44 words)
It's unknown how many of the original cast members will be making appearances in the follow-up film, but based on the trailerrunning into a few familiar faces like Badger, Skinny Pete, Mike Ehrmantraut, and old Joe from the impound lot. (42 words)
Impound busses and give them what charge? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
Police also can levy penalty points against drivers and impound their vehicles.
The Shelter asks for the community’s support in keeping the contract, fully funding it, and stopping the implementation of the government’s impound center.
When asked about the threat of impound for non-payment at the roadside as an unconscionable act under section 8, they said that they could not make a determination like that without an official complaint from a consumer so it could be properly assessed.
Oftentimes they impound okadas and bring them to the RRS office which is not their function.
She also paid $500 to get her Subaru out of the impound lot, and she is now hoping that her story could serve as a warning to others.
A Texas woman was arrested Monday for allegedly punching a police officer who was trying to impound her pot belly pig, a report said.
Here’s a clip showing the car on the side of the highway on a trailer as police impound the car for a week.
He said, “The bus was later released to him after he parted with N5,000; this is what we are battling with on a daily basis; most of the money we make goes to the task force personnel, who arrest and impound vehicles indiscriminately.
Impound busses and give them what charge?
So the impound companies switched to booting, which for a long time also went unregulated.
We have suspended many of the debt collection, ticketing and impound practices that the City engages in until April 30th.
At 10:49 a.m. two vehicles reportedly had windows broken out, while parked at the Becker County Impound.
However, the results from the initial saliva test prompted police to suspend her licence for a week and impound her car – leaving her with a $400 bill.
In his campaign materials, Trump outlined several options of how to make Mexico pay for the wall, some of which included the option for Mexico to write a check, such as his threat to impound remittances to Mexico from illegal immigrants.
It's unknown how many of the original cast members will be making appearances in the follow-up film, but based on the trailerrunning into a few familiar faces like Badger, Skinny Pete, Mike Ehrmantraut, and old Joe from the impound lot.
Ndlovu had his own encounter outside the University of Western Cape with two men who said they were from the taxi association and were going to impound his vehicle.
The city also would eliminate a rule requiring police to impound any vehicle containing any amount of weed.
The court set aside the order to impound the aircraft and ordered further that the first respondents pays costs.
The governor was irked by the sight of herds of cattle roaming Makurdi metropolis and ordered the livestock guards to immediately swing into action and impound the livestock.
When they reverse in peak traffic and you impound their vehicle, then you are unfair.
Common combinations with impound
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to impound 10×
- and impound 6×
- impound the 6×
- the impound 5×
- impound lot 4×
- impound their 2×
- of impound 2×
- impound her 2×