AUCTION in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for AUCTION, such as:
1. The family is auctioning its art collection.
2. The estate is holding an auction to raise money.
3. The house is up for auction/will be sold by auction.
4. Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on.
5. Just let the auction go right along, and don't worry.
2. The estate is holding an auction to raise money.
3. The house is up for auction/will be sold by auction.
4. Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on.
5. Just let the auction go right along, and don't worry.
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Meanings and Examples of AUCTION
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auction
v. sell at an auction
n. the public sale of something to the highest bidder
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 With the exception of the dark-eyed woman's chair, which looked like a soiled relic of luxury bought at a country auction, the furniture was of the roughest kind.
2 They landed their cargoes at Wilmington or Charleston, where they were met by swarms of merchants and speculators from all over the South who assembled to buy blockaded goods at auction.
3 During the auction he went about with his head down, and never lifted his eyes.
4 HOW WELL I REMEMBER the stiff little parlour where I used to wait for Lena: the hard horsehair furniture, bought at some auction sale, the long mirror, the fashion-plates on the wall.
5 But now it is morning, and everybody is astir; and the worthy Mr. Skeggs is busy and bright, for a lot of goods is to be fitted out for auction.
6 With much laughing, at the expense of niggers who tried to be gentlemen, the articles very readily were sold to one and another, and the empty trunk finally put up at auction.
7 Just let the auction go right along, and don't worry.
8 The girls wouldn't say nothing because they wanted to go to England; and the king and the duke would ruther Mary Jane was off working for the auction than around in reach of Doctor Robinson.
9 He knew, however, that his father's property was going to be sold by auction, and in the manner of his own dispossession he felt the world give the lie rudely to his phantasy.
10 Under the portico, with its grey, sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over.
11 She wrote that if he did not come and take matters in hand, their whole property would be sold by auction and they would all have to go begging.
12 Not one of the plans Nicholas tried succeeded; the estate was sold by auction for half its value, and half the debts still remained unpaid.
13 There were printed bills on the gate and on bits of carpet hanging out of the windows, announcing a sale by auction of the Household Furniture and Effects, next week.
14 He studied township maps, and read notices of auctions.
15 The conversation was here interrupted by a busy hum in the audience; and the auctioneer, a short, bustling, important fellow, elbowed his way into the crowd.
Example Sentence:
1 The auction is over and the winning bid was 1000 dollars.
2 The mobile operators are expected to take precedence in an auction of transmission frequencies freed up by digital switchover.
3 Well, blamed if the king didn't bill the house and the niggers and all the property for auction straight off -- sale two days after the funeral; but anybody could buy private beforehand if they wanted to.
4 While online auction sites feature some great deals, I guess buyer vigilance is always required.
5 The lace on Diana's dress was not just old, it was really, really old, sourced from antique scraps bought at auction by her dress designers.
6 From 2007 to 2012, we witnessed a 375 percent increase in the number of polar bear skins offered at auction, with their hides fetching record high prices in 2012.
7 The house is up for auction/will be sold by auction.
8 The estate is holding an auction to raise money.
9 Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on.
10 The auctioneer stated to his audience that an item has been bought in.
11 An auctioneer, at the moment of non - sale, should be required to state plainly to his audience that an item has been bought in.
12 An internal audit led to Julie Wall's downfall and her vast collection has now been auctioned to pay back some of what she owes.
13 The family is auctioning its art collection.
14 The department store is auctioning off the remaining inventory.
15 Before billionaire businessman Warren Buffett started auctioning off private lunches to benefit the Glide Foundation, he was skeptical of the San Francisco charity where his first wife was volunteering