raffle

Example Sentences

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His round is six days a week and when he's finished today, he'll head to a local slimmers' club to help set up the tables and call the raffle.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

To help towards that, the church sold raffle tickets to win the painting by Suffolk-born Hambling, which initially it hoped would raise £10,000, but had brought in £13,000 by January.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

When the two-hour movie ended, one attendee won the big raffle prize, which included “Waiting to Exhale” on DVD — and a DVD player to play it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

The firm’s insurance chief of 39 years, Ajit Jain, once crafted a policy insuring Pepsi against having to award a $1 billion raffle prize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

All the kids hoped they’d win the wishing penny raffle after making their very own monster coin purses.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry