garage sale

Example Sentences

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Chin began skating at age 8 after her mother, Marjorie, bought her a pair of skates at a garage sale.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Having a garage sale isn’t going to stave off economic doom.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

From the sidewalk it looked like any garage sale notice.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

The end result is like a vast, taxpayer-subsidized garage sale, much of it online, with the scale to rival most commercial retailers and the variety and sheer weirdness of a midcentury curiosity shop.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

I wouldn’t even put this thing out in a garage sale.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor