BUY in a Sentence

Learn BUY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
402 example sentences for BUY, such as:
1. We all pitched to buy this gift.
2. You can buy crisps and whatnot at the bar.
3. Or, better still buy masses for your soul.
4. You are under no obligation to buy anything.
5. When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BUY
buy
 v.  make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
 v.  acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As soon as the sledge was loaded he meant to send Jotham back to the farm and hurry on foot into the village to buy the glue for the pickle-dish.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
2  Her father had ridden over to Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes plantation, that afternoon to offer to buy Dilcey, the broad wife of his valet, Pork.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  He cleared the fields and planted cotton and borrowed more money from James and Andrew to buy more slaves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  Miss Scarlett, Poke done tole me how you ast Mist Gerald to buy me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  The gold will be melted and the stones sold and the money used to buy drugs and other medical supplies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  I run my boat into New York, buy from Yankee firms, sub rosa, of course, and away I go.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  The civilian population had either to do without or buy at the speculators' prices, and the poor and those in moderate circumstances were suffering increasing hardships.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Or, better still buy masses for your soul.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  The South had always lived by selling cotton and buying the things it did not produce, but now it could neither sell nor buy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
11  Here, Big Sam, buy some tobacco for yourself and the boys.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
12  "You're a fool nigger, and the worst day's work Pa ever did was to buy you," said Scarlett slowly, too tired for anger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  That was about enough to buy one square meal for them all, she thought ironically, now that Confederate money was worth almost less than nothing at all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  She knew it would be risky business sending Pork south to buy clothes, when the horse might be captured by either Yankees or Confederates.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  But, at least, she had the money with which to buy the clothes, a horse and wagon for the trip, and perhaps Pork could make the trip without getting caught.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (192 in 13 pages)
1  We agonized for hours about which wallpaper to buy.
2  We all pitched to buy this gift.
3  Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices.
4  Johnny had/threw a tantrum in the shop because I wouldn't buy him any sweets.
5  You are under no obligation to buy anything.
6  You could buy anything you needed on the black market.
7  We could apply for/take out a loan to buy a car.
8  The art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves.
9  He changed his mind about moving, but was unable to buy the house back.
10  The bank will supply and buy back foreign currency.
11  Tim sidled up/over to the girl sitting at the bar and asked if he could buy her a drink.
12  You can buy crisps and whatnot at the bar.
13  I need to buy a few basic things like bread and milk.
14  Sometimes we take food with us and sometimes we buy food when we're there.
15  When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears.