How to Use checkbook in a Sentence

checkbook

noun
  • The man turned to his wife and asked her for his checkbook.
    Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
  • When the crowd took their seats for dinner, the checkbooks came out.
    Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 13 May 2015
  • The writing was on the checkbook.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Decades later, my checkbook spends most of its time in my desk drawer.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2023
  • Open the checkbook and hire the best special teams coach available.
    Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Some people’s checkbooks will be balanced for the first time in years.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
  • He was known for stealing rings, cash, credit cards and checkbooks.
    Kynala Phillips, Essence, 17 June 2019
  • Cash, a purse, a wallet, a checkbook, and credit cards were stolen.
    Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Here’s a look at nine films that could have buyers reaching for their checkbook.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Sather’s checkbook was found at Willacy’s house.
    News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But that’s not the case this year, as studios and streamers packed their checkbooks.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
  • All of this will take foreign investors, and not enough of them have reached for their checkbooks yet.
    David Segal, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Put the checkbooks away The big winners of the day were the owners.
    Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • The royal checkbook seems to be in good shape for Prince William.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • But the City Council has the checkbook.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a perception that the club is dragging its checkbook on this one.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Recruiting is all based on how big a program's checkbook is.
    Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • Keep the checkbook safely closed and credit cards in your wallet.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2020
  • How to get a crowd of the city's most polished breaking out checkbooks and busting a move?
    Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 15 May 2017
  • One serving is about the size of a checkbook for thin filets, or about the size of your palm for thicker cuts.
    Bianca Arney, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2018
  • The victim said her checkbook, cash and cellphone were missing from the purse.
    Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018
  • How many farmhands does a team with a checkbook as thick as the Mets' really need?
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Tech’s goal now is to prove this is sustainable, and this program is more than just a checkbook.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t bring the entire checkbook full of empty checks either.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • New England may also have to open its checkbook for a homegrown star.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • How many patients take the time, as Politzer has, to protest errors that don’t hit their own checkbook?
    Sarah Gantz, Philly.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Two endless wars and the open checkbook to fight them started the massive debts that have followed.
    Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The landscape of companies looking to make a splash with their checkbooks changes from year to year.
    cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Also, humans tend to look at their checkbook balances as their price index.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The Steinbrenner-like checkbook is still out.
    Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025

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