garage sale
noun
: a sale of used household or personal articles (such as furniture, tools, or clothing) held on the seller's own premises
Examples of garage sale in a Sentence
prior to the move they held a garage sale to clear out all of their unwanted stuff
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The result looks less like a coffee table in a home and more like a display table at a garage sale.
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Keeping melon ballers out of garage sale bins since 2006, the Honey Deuce is the US Open’s signature cocktail.
—Cathy Erway, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
The cashbox with $100 inside for the garage sale was left untouched.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
Mansfield, the Nashville historian, randomly found a copy two weeks ago in a neighborhood garage sale, just days prior to hints that a reissue was coming.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2025
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Keeping melon ballers out of garage sale bins since 2006, the Honey Deuce is the US Open’s signature cocktail.
—Cathy Erway, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
The cashbox with $100 inside for the garage sale was left untouched.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
Mansfield, the Nashville historian, randomly found a copy two weeks ago in a neighborhood garage sale, just days prior to hints that a reissue was coming.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for garage sale
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“Garage sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garage%20sale. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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