shareware

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It feels to me like all of these clunky, free, webtoon paper doll sites, pink online worlds, and inscrutable animal-raising shareware games were part of an early computing vocabulary for young women, in particular.

From The Verge

The DOS Games Archives promises clean shareware, freeware and public-domain software.

From New York Times

The Windows Store does not currently offer Classic Shell, but the program can indeed be found on shareware sites around the web.

From New York Times

The notion of “shareware” was pioneered by Bob Wallace, a lifelong psychedelic-drug advocate—and one of the first employees of Microsoft.

From The New Yorker

I cherish memories of the shareware days of Windows 3.1, when rogue artists and programmers created grungy video games that were short, unpredictable, and occasionally infringed on the copyrights of mega-famous intellectual properties.

From The Verge