Sentence examples for impound a from inspiring English sources

"They throw away thousands of perfectly good pocket knives?" "I said we throw 'em away," he repeated sternly, walking away with the purposeful air of someone who would happily impound a Boy Scout's whistle.

The seizures appear to defy a 2005 federal appellate court ruling that the police cannot impound a car solely because the driver is unlicensed. 1 2 3 Next Page » Ryan Gabrielson is a fellow with the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Schneider, the administrator, noted that in October 2005, he used the same tactic in Istanbul to impound an Airbus jet owned by Middle East Airlines in a dispute with the Lebanese government over debts owed to Walter Bau.

As these dams have not breached catastrophically, but rather continued to impound an existing or relict lake, they could not be considered unstable using the definition of Ermini and Casagli (2003).

He went as far as to get the Ghanaian government to impound an Argentine naval vessel.

Shadehill Dam (1950) impounds a reservoir in the Grand's upper course.

The police have also impounded a van operated by the restaurant as part of their investigation.

On Thursday, the prosecutors impounded a mansion belonging to the treasurer of one of the foundations.

What if, working through a police computer, it impounds a DeLorean that happens to be convenient to a clock tower?

Near Radford, Virginia, the New River is dammed to form Claytor Lake (hydroelectricity), and near Hinton, West Virginia, the Bluestone Dam impounds a large flood-control reservoir.

The Euphrates Dam (completed 1973) impounds a large reservoir, Lake Al-Asad (Lake Assad), above the city of Al-Thawrah (Ṭabaqah).