Pawn means: The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. Related words include pledge or consign. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Pawn in practice.
Pawn in a sentence
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Pawn meaning
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- An instance of pawning something.
- An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
Synonyms of Pawn
Pawn in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
For now I can only hope that she’s surrounded by sensible, caring people who are not using her as a political pawn.
When Anakin doesn’t go along with the Son’s idea, the Force Wielder kidnaps Ahsoka, making her his dark-side pawn.
The concept of going totally cashless does not sit well with Craig Toys, owner of Max’s Pawn Shops in Shreveport.
Graham’s asinine chest thumping only succeeded in making any would-be Putin assassin look like an American pawn.
As a veteran player, as you get older, you don’t want the club to just pawn you off to the highest bidder, so to speak.
Buckle up for “Pawn After Dark,” a Harrison-Chumlee podcast to launch on major streaming platforms in January.
In some of the frames of the video shared on the Pawn Stars YouTube account, Rick can be seen with long and dirty nails.
The Garzas want the suspect caught, but they are also hoping that their wedding ring will turn up at a nearby pawn shop.
Cliff knows he is a pawn, but anything can happen, so he knows the only guarantee that he is safe, is to win.
I like to imagine that it was a sneaky way for the girls to pawn off guys they weren’t interested in dating.
Alicent tells her father, “I have sinned” and he brushes her off—after using her as a pawn her entire life.
The long-running show centers around the day-to-day operations of the world-famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.
Sadly, Richard died in 2018 at 77, but continues to focus on the dealings at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.
Ian McGlamery, manager of Capitol Loans, a pawn shop located on E Pine Street, speculated the same thing.
Freeda and Herbert owned Friedman’s Pawn and Jewelry in Beaumont, Texas, and made many lifelong friends.
Tons of research and tedious fact-checking — that’s no fun!) It’s something you pawn off on underlings.
Danny is just a pawn and a dummy for thinking MJF was actually going to give him a match at All In.
A sudden Queen, Rook, and pawn attack from Joshi ensnared Shariff’s King with a looming checkmate.
The first time either of these events occurs, that player moves their pawn to the countdown track.
After they’ve burgled a home the thieves either pawn the stolen goods or mail them back to Chile.
Common combinations with pawn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pawn shop 28×
- the pawn 27×
- pawn in 21×
- as pawn 15×
- pawn on 13×
- pawn shops 12×
- to pawn 11×
- passed pawn 9×
- pawn to 9×
- pawn is 9×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word pawn. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.