How to Use "pawn" with Example Sentences

1. Even that staple of the urban poor , the pawn shop , is being reinvented .

2. But the little bank based in st gallen is a mere pawn in a much bigger game being played between switzerland and america over banking secrecy and tax fraud .

3. If a few small gold earrings escaped the cyclone the villagers pawn them , otherwise they pawn their clothes .

4. International relations is usually likened to a game of chess , and the united states is again grappling with how to tackle a pawn that is so well protected by the queen .

5. " Their plan is to have sunni muslims fight shia muslims , and turkey has become the chief pawn in this dirty game , " says one commentator .