Example sentences for: collared

How can you use “collared” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In reporting on a FBI sting that collared 16 computer brokers trafficking in stolen IBM parts across five states, the Wall Street Journal reports that the theft of computer hardware and software is hitting $8 billion annually.

  • The president, a k a "the most powerful man in the world," (and this one is known for his large appetite, to boot) has been collared.

  • You might see a fisherman assigning his captive cormorants to dive, their gullets collared to stop them from eating the catch.

  • Better yet, he brings off the burgeoning of Jack's conscience with exceptional subtlety, beginning with the man's embarrassment at shaking hands at a party with a dupe he once collared and ending with his horror at a slaying he has inadvertently abetted.


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