How to Use repossess in a Sentence

repossess

verb
  • The bank repossessed her truck.
  • In that case, the lender has to repossess the car and get their money back.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The value of a car that has been stolen or repossessed.
    Idalia Garcia, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • And then, as if in a dream, Jimmie and Montgomery repossess the place for their own, and move right in.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2019
  • If the business doesn’t maintain the pots and/or do not replant them next year, the Town reserves the right to repossess them.
    courant.com, 14 July 2021
  • His car was repossessed and his wages were garnished to pay student loan debt.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2024
  • His car was repossessed and his wages were garnished to pay student loan debt.
    Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Police asked her then whether her car might have been repossessed.
    Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Her mother was forced to work and the family car was repossessed.
    Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2020
  • The company threatened to repossess his car, sell it and keep the profit.
    Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The woman stated that men were at her house trying to repossess her car.
    cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Getting your car repossessed is one of the most frustrating things to deal with as a driver.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
  • Punker Otto tries to repossess a Chevy Malibu with something alien and atomic in the trunk.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • So with the good lord having repossessed the car, in a manner of speaking, Gabriel is now back in Negan’s clutches.
    Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • The thought her car might be repossessed was frightening.
    NBC News, 21 Oct. 2019
  • In the worst-case scenario, if there is no forbearance from lenders, banks could call in loans and repossess assets.
    Jack Sidders, Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
  • Her parents' home had been repossessed a few months ago, Sandrin said.
    Valentina Di Donato and Chandrika Narayan, CNN, 16 June 2017
  • Sheila Warren and her then-husband repossessed cars for him.
    CBS News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • It was found shortly after that the woman's bank repossessed the auto.
    Steve Davenport, cleveland.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Police said the two men were trying to repossess Reccord's 2006 van.
    Clifford Ward, Naperville Sun, 27 Apr. 2017
  • If a borrower fails to repay the loan, the lender can repossess the collateral to recoup some or all of their loss.
    Tanza Loudenback, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • He was evicted from his apartment, his car was repossessed and he was left homeless and craving more drugs.
    Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • At the beginning of the month, a court granted ARI’s request to repossess all of the cars Redbox has been leasing from the company.
    Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 5 July 2024
  • Russia would send a force of 6,000 combat troops to repossess Alaska.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022
  • If a borrower defaults on a loan, the lender can repossess the vehicle.
    Craig Harris, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Hum Motors had been looking for the man to repossess the vehicle, Emry said.
    John Sowell, idahostatesman, 25 May 2017
  • The company also retains the right to repossess the animals if its terms weren't met.
    Leada Gore, AL.com, 12 June 2017
  • The mansion was repossessed by the bank, which sold it to the Rebbe’s father-in-law, a rabbi who had just fled the Nazis in Poland and was looking for a headquarters for the Lubavitchers.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Oh, your couch getting repossessed and PornHub is down?
    Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Nov. 2018
  • The scene Rob was referring to happens near the end of the movie, when Demi Moore’s character has had a breakdown after getting fired from her job and having all her furniture and her black Jeep repossessed.
    Carl Kurlander, Deadline, 18 June 2024

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