How to Use garnishment in a Sentence

garnishment

noun

• But a judgment could mean a wage garnishment still lies ahead.
  — Russ Wiles, azcentral, 20 May 2018
• Lioi has not ruled on whether to approve the garnishment.
  — Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Foster-Ray spent half a day at the courthouse to file an objection to the garnishment.
  — Sarah Alvarez, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2022
• But then, about two months later, UAMS moved to reinstate the garnishment – and took that last $82.
  — Casey Tolan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yes, if the state law has provisions for wage garnishments.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2019
• This means consequences like wage garnishment and tax refund seizures could kick in for the first time since 2019 for those who can't get back on track.
  — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
• This means consequences like wage garnishment and tax refund seizures could kick in for the first time since 2019 for those who can't get back on track.
  — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
• The dollar amount of the garnishment is included in each of these docket entries.
  — ProPublica, 27 June 2019
• State officials have even gone as far as wage garnishment, Baier said.
  — Jen Fifield, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
• Judges have approved the garnishment of tenants’ wages in nearly all those cases.
  — Doug Donovan, baltimoresun.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• The lender might also pursue a legal judgment, which leads to garnishment of the borrower's wages.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
• For many reasons, but a big one is if your child were to ever get sued, assets in a trust are most likely protected from garnishment.
  — Washington Post, 8 June 2021
• Just five hospitals accounted for half of the resulting wage garnishments in the state.
  — Laura Beil, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
• Those cases strain court systems and often end in wage garnishments for patients.
  — Sarah Kliff, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2019
• The most common garnishment in Michigan is state income tax returns.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2022
• In Alabama, state law does not protect a living wage from garnishment.
  — al, 19 Nov. 2019
• And as of this month, servicers are able to resume collecting on defaulted loans through wage garnishments.
  — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
• Once in default, private loans can result in wage garnishment, and potential civil lawsuits can add to the overall balance of the loan.
  — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2023
• By resuming payments, garnishments and tax refunds are back on the table.
  — Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2023
• Wilson advised that the only option to halt the garnishment and keep him from going under was to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2017
• But by August, default judgment and wage garnishment orders emerged in a handful of cases that remained on the docket.
  — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2021
• Expect delicious rum libations, served with all the garnishment and fanfare that drinks of this ilk demand.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], AL.com, 6 Aug. 2017
• Universal Music Group has 10 days from the receipt of the order of garnishment to pay R. Kelly's debt, according to the documents.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Saunders added another option for those who are concerned about garnishment: to withdraw the funds from their bank account.
  — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2020
• The judge released the funds despite the FTC’s argument that all of Cooper’s assets are subject to garnishment if repayment of the $25.9 million is ordered.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 June 2017
• According to court files, Rodriguez found out the Marlins still are making some payments to Hernandez and filed for garnishment.
  — Jose Lambiet, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
• At 270 days late, the loan is in default and collections efforts begin, leading to consequences such as wage garnishment and seizure of tax refunds.
  — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2020
• Borrowers who had been forced to repay with wage garnishments or levies against their bank accounts would now get a temporary reprieve.
  — Shahien Nasiripour, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Federal law allows garnishment of up to 50% on child support.
  — James Agnew, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2018
• Typically, that involves providing resources to assist with tax debts and wage or Social Security garnishments—those matters may be handled through low-income tax clinics.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025