How to Use impound in a Sentence

impound

verb

• The police impounded her car because it was illegally parked.
• If they are not removed within two hours, the bikes will be impounded.
  — Gustavo Solis, latimes.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Details were unknown about the houses from which the dogs were being impounded.
  — Annie Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2024
• Judges can order guns to be impounded for a limited time and, in some states, can bar people from buying new ones.
  — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
• The vehicle in which the children died has been impounded as evidence.
  — Uriel J. Garcia, azcentral, 28 Mar. 2018
• Cars parked illegally along those routes can be ticketed, towed and impounded, per the release.
  — Kate Elizabeth Queram, Laurel Leader, 21 Mar. 2018
• The city can impound the bikes because of a municipal code against using the public right-of-way for business without a permit.
  — Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• What Colonel McKeon did here was order a revision to a report that had already been impounded . .
  — Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• If the investigator finds that the dog is dangerous, the dog will be impounded pending a decision by a municipal or district court.
  — Mike Cason, AL.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• The accident was non-life-threatening, but the then 28-year-old’s car was impounded and her license suspended due to an unpaid parking ticket.
  — Shakeil Greeley, GQ, 29 Mar. 2018
• Dockless bike companies are building a virtual fence around Coronado to avoid having their bikes impounded.
  — Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• Police impounded the car, cited the driver for failing to comply with a driver's license suspension, and police are awaiting test results on suspected drugs found inside the car.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 24 Mar. 2018
• Their food and equipment were now fair game to impound and trash.
  — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• If the statute is toughened, law enforcement could impound the dirt bikes and ATVs as well.
  — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• If not, the city would impound the bin, and the owner would be able to get it back only after paying $1,000.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 July 2020
• If people are riding bikes on sidewalks or the wrong way down the street, ticket them and impound the bikes.
  — Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2024
• The Dutch police impounded the white rides on the risible grounds that they were unlocked (which, of course, was the point).
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• Luther said his son called his wife to pick him up after his truck was impounded.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• Zdarsky was grounded, his trike was impounded, and the StB was onto him.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• Squires-Lee had allowed a motion to initially impound the name of the plaintiff when the case was filed in mid-June.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
• Jarjes’ cell phone was seized, and his car was impounded at the scene, police said.
  — Claire Rafford, azcentral, 28 June 2019
• The man was arrested on the warrant and his car impounded.
  — cleveland, 4 Dec. 2019
• That attracts the attention of the Canadian Coast Guard, which impounds the boat.
  — Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
• The man’s car was impounded and a passenger, a Cleveland man, 18, was released at the scene.
  — cleveland.com, 31 July 2019
• All in all, car owners can expect to shell out at least $275 just to get a vehicle out of one of the city’s two impound lots.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2019
• Then a sheriff’s deputy told him his RV, which had not been tagged since 2017, was going to be impounded.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• The city of Denver answered just such a rollout last year by impounding more than 300 of the scooters.
  — Nat Ives, WSJ, 16 May 2019
• According to the shelter, the pit bull has been impounded.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2019
• The companies have to pay a $45 impound fee and a $1-per-day storage fee to pick up their bicycles.
  — Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 July 2018
• Owners of vehicles currently impounded are asked to get them before Monday to avoid charges.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024