garage sale

Example Sentences

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Brass angel candlesticks scored for $2 apiece at a Palo Alto garage sale flank a silver-plated punch bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

My partner got them for me for $5 from a neighbor’s garage sale.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

Having a garage sale isn’t going to stave off economic doom.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

The end result is like a vast, taxpayer-subsidized garage sale, much of it online, with the scale to rival most commercial retailers and the variety and sheer weirdness of a midcentury curiosity shop.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

I wouldn’t even put this thing out in a garage sale.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor