pawned

Example Sentences

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"I pawned my mum's rings, he just took everything I had and I was diagnosed with an aneurysm and Bell's palsy."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Kilroe, being the veteran executive he was, did the obvious: He pawned the request onto someone else.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

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

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

After Haggerty and Crawford found the assembly tedious and confusing, they pawned it off on clubhouse co-manager Joe Van Vleck, who put together the new toy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

She was keeping it, she explained, to replace the wedding ring her mother had given her, the one Dad had pawned shortly after they got married.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls