pawned

Example Sentences

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To cover the down payment on the small shop, they pawned Rose’s $400 engagement ring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Migrants pawned their jewelry to pay for passage or brought their treasure to new lands.

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

She told the BBC she had previously pawned two chains and two bracelets due to rising prices.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023

Chobe has sold or pawned off just about everything in his tattered home and is reduced to his underwear.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Mammachi was devastated, but secretly pawned her jewelry and arranged for money to be sent to him in England.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy