How to Use escrow in a Sentence

escrow

1 of 2 noun

• If not, the funds remain in escrow.
  — Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
• Player pay would likely wind up in escrow, and the list goes on.
  — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• The property was in escrow when the fire came, and the sale fell though.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
• Even just get to pay the escrow to actually close on the home.
  — March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
• There are no rules in the UK around putting crew cash in an escrow account.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026
• O'Donnell said that these funds are put in an escrow account that your lender will use to pay these bills.
  — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
• In one recent file, the escrow fee was more than $8,600.
  — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
• In some leagues that’s achieved through escrow, putting money aside until the results are in.
  — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• The land is in escrow, a hospital spokesperson said.
  — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
• If the deadline for closing escrow has passed, a buyer must re-apply for a new loan.
  — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2023
• After paying your earnest money, there are a handful of steps left in escrow.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• Some buyers are in escrow below those list prices, an even steeper discount.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• Because of the lawsuit, the county held the taxes in escrow.
  — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
• The fine print in the very long contract may require the buyer to pay both halves of escrow, for example.
  — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
• Graves advised using escrow to pay the agreed upon rent during a dispute.
  — Megan Sims, cleveland, 18 July 2023
• Today, insurance has become a wild card that is blowing up escrows across the state.
  — Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
• The sale is technically still pending because the home is in the escrow process, which can take around a month.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
• Earlier this month, Barajas closed escrow on the place and plans to open his own taqueria.
  — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022
• Then an envelope appeared at the office that was handling the sale’s escrow process.
  — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 18 July 2023
• Everyone else finds out somewhere around week three of escrow and either scrambles or folds.
  — Blake O'Shaughnessy, Fortune, 3 May 2026
• What can throw a monkey wrench into this is a very short escrow period, say 15 days.
  — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
• Buzzard’s clients, a woman who was supposed to relocate to town a few months ago, backed out while in escrow.
  — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2021
• While both parties await a judgment, Saks pays rent into a court escrow account.
  — David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
• Alperin added that Spacey’s acting fees are being held in escrow ahead of the production start date.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022
• The head football coach and his wife, Sauphia, are also in escrow on a home in Eugene.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2022
• Alperin added at the time that Spacey’s acting fees were being held in escrow ahead of the production start date.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2022
• Then an envelope appeared at the office handling the sale’s escrow process.
  — Propublica, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
• Those deals dating to 2019 fell out of escrow, and the zoning was never changed.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• The city plans to be in escrow and begin community outreach early next year.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
• Higher home prices are commanding higher escrow fees.
  — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025

escrow

2 of 2 verb

• Happily, the money got to escrow just before the sellers’ patience had worn thin.
  — Leslie Sargent Eskildsen, Orange County Register, 1 Jan. 2017
• While the seller is going to get the same amount of money, many local agents say sellers will go with cash offers to make sure the purchase closes escrow.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2021
• And a couple who closed escrow the morning before the start of the Almeda fire, moved in their possession and lost everything that night.
  — oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2020
• Out-of-state banks and some services, including mortgage lenders, escrow agents and investment advisers, are exempt from the law.
  — Alexei Koseff, SFChronicle.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• When property is transferred from seller to buyer, the title company (or escrow company, as it is called out west) goes to the local recorder of deeds.
  — Benny L. Kass, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2017
• State prosecutors say Kaufman collected money through the Huron County Public Guardian and failed to escrow the funds.
  — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
• State prosecutors say Kaufman collected money through the Huron County Public Guardian and failed to escrow the funds.
  — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 12 May 2026
• At the very start of the pandemic, agency lenders required borrowers to escrow 18 months of property taxes and interest payments to qualify for acquisition loans.
  — Lee Kiser, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• According to the survey, 25 of 31 union representatives call escrow the biggest bargaining issue.
  — Alyssa Thomas, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
• The building, which includes two other small businesses at the corner of Vista Way, has been sold to a developer who plans extensive renovations once escrow closes in August.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2021
• Its latest innovation, ESCROWPay™, automates escrow reconciliation and remittance.
  — Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025