11 example sentences using pound.
Pound used in a sentence
Pound in a sentence as a noun
These come in 500g bags for about a pound.
You need 6 spoons of this mix per meal, so 10 pounds of mix will last you several months.
The 98-pound weakling versus the musclebound beach bum.
As with any web property, if you're in for a penny, you're in for a pound.
One might get the idea that the only thing a man need do to make a woman enjoy sex is to pound her fast and hard.
If I saw that two hundred pound woman pouring my coffee, I'm guessing two different parts of my brain would light up.
Pound in a sentence as a verb
If you want to create a shortage of tomatoes, for example, just pass a law that retailers can't sell tomatoes for more than two cents per pound.
Imagine interviewing carpenters:Method 1: How many ten penny nails in a pound?
"Writing exploratory prototype-level AI code with a 60-pound weight tied to your legs is hardly pleasant."heh!
The workout plan that fits a 220-pound male rugby player is not going to fit a 110-pound female volleyball player or a 350-pound couch potato who is trying to get into shape.
Soros was able to make as much as he did because most of the market was convinced, incorrectly, that the British government would succeed in propping up the pound.
Pound definitions
16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
See also: quid
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
See also: punt
the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
See also: lbf.
United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
See also: Pound
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
See also: lumber
partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal"
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"
place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"
See also: impound
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"