How to Use donate in a Sentence
donate
verb- You can donate at the blood bank every eight weeks.
- Please sign this form if you would like to donate your organs when you die.
- He donates some of his free time to volunteer work.
- We donated our old clothes to charity.
- People are encouraged to donate blood.
- The computers were donated by local companies.
- Everyone is encouraged to donate.
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Why donate stock rather than cash?
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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For a link to donate, click here.
—Megan Shinn, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
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Pick the best three or four and toss or donate the rest!
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
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Patrons can donate seeds and take seeds to grow at home.
—Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 5 Mar. 2026
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To sign up or donate, visit this link.
—Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 27 May 2026
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If anyone is so able to donate or to just share this, thank you.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 July 2026
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Hilbert brought with her pots and pans to donate to the welcome site.
—Libby Cathey, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2021
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Those who want to donate a box to the needy can mark it on their order form.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
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Commit each item to keep, toss, or donate piles, then stick with it.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
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The food on the shelves is donated by a long list of local stores.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
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The books that have been sitting there for years should be donated.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
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All the workers donated their tips and worked for free.
—Jeff Seidel, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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But, Brock says to avoid donating them if there's a foul smell.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
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If your face masks are no longer in good condition, do not donate them.
—Laken Brooks, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
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Odom chose to donate her body to science, her daughter said.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Learn more about donating here.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
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Dawn grows her hair out, then chops it off to donate it to cancer patients.
—David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
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Decide what stays, what goes, and what might need to be donated.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2026
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Anyone who wants to donate clothes or money can come to the event and do so.
—Mary Ella Hastings july 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
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The score is based on those who have donated more than 20% of their wealth.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Do not donate it or refurbish it.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
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People like it, donate to it, and don't ask more of it, a rare find for free software.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2022
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She was helped by viewers who donated a new van to her seven years ago.
—Dave Savini, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
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