How to Use nonpayment in a Sentence

nonpayment

noun
  • The team turned out to have been evicted from a hotel for nonpayment.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But renters who are facing eviction for nonpayment of rent can seek out help on their own.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The unit, which had been locked due to nonpayment, was linked to Soto.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The college was getting ready to kick him out because of nonpayment.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The judge did not address either shut-offs for nonpayment or customer debt.
    — Sarah Alvarez, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The group is hoping that mass nonpayment will force energy firms to end the crisis.
    — Sylvia Hui, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In the case of nonpayment, China can also call in the entire debt at once.
    — Ben Bohane, New York Times, 13 June 2018
  • The would-be president had been kicked out of a local hotel for nonpayment.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • The would-be president had been kicked out of a local hotel for nonpayment.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • By the time the issue of nonpayment arises, their former student is long gone.
    — WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • The eviction was due to nonpayment of rent, but the couple said they were told their rent was covered by the county.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
  • Thus far, two of Colvin’s lawyers in the civil case have withdrawn, citing nonpayment for their work.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Carpenter has been named in at least 26 judgments for nonpayment of debts, court records show.
    — sacbee, 1 June 2013
  • Four accounts were shut off for nonpayment prior to the town's announcement.
    — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 8 Apr. 2020
  • In other words, there was often much more to tenants’ stories than simply the nonpayment of rent.
    — Alexa Eisenberg, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
  • In cities with lax tenant protections, landlords can use the strike to push tenants out over nonpayment of rent.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 9 June 2018
  • The warrant for the Botox nonpayment cited the wrong date of birth and was therefore invalid.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
  • Once nonpayment is proven, a foreclosure sale follows.
    — Michael P. Mayoral, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Her landlord filed an eviction order against her in August for nonpayment of rent.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2022
  • His nonpayment, which spanned more than a year at the time of these interviews, felt like another trauma.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Other charges, such as amenities fees and renters insurance, cannot be used as grounds for an eviction for nonpayment of rent.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2024
  • After the end of apartheid, this culture of nonpayment continued.
    — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The fines, as civil penalties, could be placed on the property's taxes for nonpayment.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 14 May 2018
  • Kuecher and Zivin said all residents were served evictions for nonpayment of rent.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Wright would not say whether the city had restored any customers' power who had been cut off for nonpayment as a part of its policy change.
    — Riley Murdock, azcentral, 21 June 2019
  • The expungement also only applies to evictions for nonpayment of rent or if the renter stayed past their lease.
    — Eric Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The group found evictions were still being filed in the state for nonpayment of rent and other nonemergency reasons.
    — AZCentral.com, 15 June 2021
  • In fact, the penalties for nonpayment of the insurance and fees include the seizure of the citizen's gun.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
  • These include causes that are the tenant’s fault, such as nonpayment of rent or violating the lease.
    — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The evictions his company has done over the past two years, throughout the pandemic, have been for nonpayment.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023

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