Explore Pawned through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pawned meaning
simple past and past participle of pawn
Using Pawned
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of pawn
- In the example corpus, pawned often appears in combinations such as: pawned it, had pawned, he pawned.
Context around Pawned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pawned
- In this selection, "pawned" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, funds, newly, tools, items, jewellery and locally stand out and add context to how "pawned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all newly pawned items and and america and pawned it for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pawned" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pawned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No, I think he pawned it. (6 words)
Officers took a report from a male concerning property that was pawned locally. (13 words)
When money needed to be raised, the treasure could be pawned by the monarch. (14 words)
In some jurisdictions, pawnshops must give a list of all newly pawned items and any associated serial number to police, so the police can determine if any of the items have been reported stolen. (34 words)
They are reported to have pawned the town to Count Eberhard II and subsequently to the House of Württemberg in 1358 or 1359 in exchange for an amount of money. (30 words)
Wanting to obtain his own land in Livonia, he loaned Poland money and then claimed the castles they had pawned as his own instead of using them to pressure Poland. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
He overhears Peter on the call to the pawnbroker Peter confesses to Stephen that he pawned the watch but it has been sold.
His actions went undetected as he was able to borrow enough money to redeem the pawned jewellery before scheduled audits.
While this sword is more valuable than a pocket watch taken from a dead nazi, I would bet it would have been sold or pawned before too long.
No, I think he pawned it.
Unfortunately for Tysbin, aviation designer Andrei Tupolev thought developing the Tu-95N to be a waste of time and pawned it off to the Myasishchev design bureau.
At one time a wedding ring was pawned to help keep this national museum open.
Officers took a report from a male concerning property that was pawned locally.
Reports added that on January 4th he also pawned a Remington Model 700 BDL 7mm gun at the Cash America Pawn on Shorter Avenue.
They added that after stealing the ring Story allegedly took it to Cash America and pawned it for $450.
After one of them was assassinated in 1340, Christopher's son Valdemar was chosen as king, and gradually began to recover the pawned territories, which was completed in 1360.
He secretively borrowed funds, pawned his mother's jewellery and made preparations with a consortium of privateers.
In some jurisdictions, pawnshops must give a list of all newly pawned items and any associated serial number to police, so the police can determine if any of the items have been reported stolen.
It provided financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans secured with pawned items.
Milza, 2009a, p. 129 Administration and actions Program The Commune returns workmen's tools pawned during the siege.
She trails him to the pawn shop and finds out from the pawnbroker that he traded the coat for a gun he had pawned earlier.
The executioner had "pawned his guillotine, and got into woeful trouble for alleged trafficking in municipal property".
The items having been pawned to the broker are themselves called pledges or pawns, or simply the collateral.
They are reported to have pawned the town to Count Eberhard II and subsequently to the House of Württemberg in 1358 or 1359 in exchange for an amount of money.
Wanting to obtain his own land in Livonia, he loaned Poland money and then claimed the castles they had pawned as his own instead of using them to pressure Poland.
When money needed to be raised, the treasure could be pawned by the monarch.
Common combinations with pawned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pawned it 3×
- had pawned 3×
- he pawned 2×
- pawned the 2×
- the pawned 2×
- and pawned 2×
- was pawned 2×
- pawned to 2×
- pawned his 2×
- pawned items 2×