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

He has so much sports equipment and so many shoes in his closet from all the sports he’s tried that he could put on a garage sale.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

Families and couples of a certain age might even haul out grandma’s treasured china and give it a good dusting — that is, if you didn’t offload it at a garage sale or eBay.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

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

We made our garage sale treks on Saturdays, Baba the driver and me the navigator, and set up our display on Sundays.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini