gave away

past tense of give away

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gave away On Friday, Rutgers — the Gophers’ other conference win — gave away another game in a 38-19 loss to Washington. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025 Keeping her word, Adriana is initially on her best behavior, especially with Kiki, who pulls Adriana to apologize for putting a math equation on her birthday cake that gave away her age. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 And most businesses either paused operations or gave away their services for free, resulting in average losses of $322,000 per small business. Laura Hackett, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025 With plastic cups in the pocket of his cargo pants and a bottle of Volans Tequila in hand, the horror movie fan gave away shots of limited edition Volans Tequila reposado to those who could correctly guess scary movie quotes. Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025 Rico Lewis had endured a torrid time at right-back in City’s 2-0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur, and the following weekend, Matheus Nunes gave away the penalty that saw Brighton & Hove Albion come from behind to inflict a second consecutive defeat on Pep Guardiola’s side. Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 The soon-to-be dad gave away hundreds of beers for fans, bought donuts for Cubs staff and sent multiple treat packages to media and other staff in the press box, according to the outlet. Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025 My school never gave away Cubs tickets for perfect attendance. Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 European officials have had to defend the deal against dismay from businesses and member governments at the higher tariff and criticism that the EU gave away too much. David McHugh, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gave away
Verb
  • The escape was initially revealed on Sunday by Guatemala’s director of prisons, who said that prison officials had only detected the scheme — in which inmates may have slipped out one by one, or in pairs — after hearing rumors and checking inmates’ biometric data.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately, it was later revealed that Ibushi had suffered a broken femur, something that could take a significant amount of time to return from.
    Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Similar to what happens in the movie, Japan’s Deputy Minister Shinjiro Yamamura volunteered to take the place of the remaining hostages, and the hijackers agreed.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Cain has also volunteered with various community organizations, such as Avenue of Life, Hope Faith Ministries and Kansas City Young Matrons, according to her profile.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the next window, eight bales of fiber are displayed, marked with the brand’s coat of arms, initially used as a stamp to mark its raw material.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Onana never really displayed that.
    Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After he was found unresponsive in his Georgia home on December 9, Smith and Thomas' father Bobby donated their son's brain to research.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • All royalties will be donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Within minutes, Martinelli showed his attacking instincts.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The study showed that the robot could make multiple turns exceeding 100 degrees along its body length when activated.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This week, the judges gave Andy his first 7s.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The first and last sentences gave me momentary pause.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Live-action adaptations of manga and anime have been hit or miss, as demonstrated by successes like One Piece and Alice in Borderland, and failures like Cowboy Bebop and Death Note.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In 2022, Australian firm Cortical Labs demonstrated similar progress by training artificial neurons to play the video game Pong.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Walker felt betrayed yet again.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The difference between those rankings (-31) makes Prescott the quarterback most betrayed by his defense and/or special teams through six weeks of this season.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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