Example sentences for: stolen

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

  • The "Lojack" is a hidden radio transmitter that can be activated after your car is stolen, to lead police to the thief (or, better yet, to the chop shop that employs the thief).

  • In this obscure pantheon, a place must be reserved for Klaus Kinski, the erratically gifted Polish-German actor and noted mal vivant , who tried to publish the English version of his autobiography in 1988 under the massively ironic title All I Need is Love . The book was caught in a copyright dispute between Random House and a West German publisher, with huge libel problems looming; it was withdrawn shortly after publication, and became one of the books most often stolen from public libraries.

  • (They were apparently stolen from one of the boys' grandfathers, but, notes the Times , in Arkansas it is perfectly legal for an 11-year-old to own a rifle or shotgun.)

  • "This is what rural types call locking the barn door after the horse has been stolen," he observes.

  • But it's a small amount of money that's stolen from a lot of people."


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