garner

verb gar·ner \ ˈgär-nər \

|Updated on: 8 Jul 2018

Examples: garner in a Sentence

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Definition of garner

garnered; garnering play \ˈgärn-riŋ, ˈgär-nə-\

transitive verb

1 a : to gather into storage

b : to deposit as if in a granary

volumes in which he has garnered the fruits of his lifetime labors
—Reinhold Niebuhr

2 a : to acquire by effort : earn

garnered much praise for his fundraising

b : accumulate, collect

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Examples of garner in a Sentence

She garnered more evidence to support her theory.
The senator has spent much time garnering financial support for his upcoming campaign.
The novel has garnered much praise and several awards.

Recent Examples of garner from the Web

The paper has focused its efforts on a growing and successful website, which had been garnering 15 million unique monthly visitors.

— rachelle krygier, Washington Post, "As it slides toward authoritarianism, Venezuela targets one of its last independent newspapers," 5 July 2018
So far, his confrontational approach to trade issues hasn’t helped him garner new support.

— eamon barrett, Fortune, "Trump's trade war comes to Wisconsin," 30 June 2018
Another campaign video from his firm that explores both those themes has gone viral in recent days, garnering more than 3.7 millions views on YouTube and Facebook combined as of Monday evening.

— fredreka schouten, USA TODAY, "Women candidates put gender, family and surviving abuse at forefront of midterm campaigns," 26 June 2018
Her very first Youtube episode has garnered 87 views.

— elena weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Meet Rachael Cholak, the girl with the doughnut tattoos," 25 June 2018
Peter Vermes strolled through the Sporting Kansas City locker room after a recent match, passing out congratulatory handshakes to a handful of teenagers who helped garner a result.

— sam mcdowell, kansascity, "Sporting KC is playing the kids. But Peter Vermes knows he must be cautious," 22 June 2018
Years later, Oreos have helped him garner more than 166,000 followers on his Instagram page (@junkbanter) and turn the thousands of likes on his posts into visits to the website, junkbanter.com.

— anna muckerman, baltimoresun.com, "'Junk food is a language that everyone understands' — meet the Baltimore man behind Junk Banter blog," 20 June 2018
Fortnite generated $296 million in revenue in April, according to analysis by SuperData Research—and across all viewing platforms, the Fortnite Pro-Am garnered more than 3 million views.

— phuc pham, WIRED, "When Fornite's Biggest Stars Congregated Under the LA Sun," 17 June 2018
Sources said last week that the plan would include financial help to low-income residents, an effort that could help garner some Democratic support, especially from senators facing re-election in swing states or conservative-leaning ones.

— joseph weber, Fox News, "Conservative groups, congressional Republicans appear poised for another try at ObamaCare repeal," 26 May 2018

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Did You Know?

What do you call a building in which grain is stored? These days, English speakers are most likely to call it a granary, but there was a time when the noun garner was also a likely candidate. That noun, which can also mean "something that is collected," dates from the 12th century. The verb garner joined the language two centuries later. The verb was once commonly used with the meaning "to gather into a granary," but today it usually means "to earn" or "to accumulate." The noun garner is uncommon in contemporary use; it is now found mainly in older literary contexts, such as these lines of verse from Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor": "Or, from the garner-door, on ether borne, / The chaff flies devious from the winnow'd corn."

Origin and Etymology of garner

Middle English (Scots), from Middle English gerner, garner granary, from Anglo-French gerner, grenier, from Latin granarium, from granum grain — more at corn

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First Known Use: 14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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