garage sale

Example Sentences

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The film breaks no ground, but it hooked me like that mystery novel I once found at a garage sale and started reading right then and there.

From New York Times

Since picking up a memoir of Robert F. Kennedy at a garage sale his senior year of high school, Mr. Kahlenberg, 59, has cast himself as a liberal champion of the working class.

From New York Times

Would you tell your readers that before they have a garage sale or give something to charity, to go through all the pockets first?

From Washington Post

The Florida man who discovered it told Pearlman he likely bought the plaque at a garage sale at some point in the past 15 years.

From Seattle Times

During that shutdown, Coast Guard families were told to consider holding garage sales to bring in extra income while they waited to be paid.

From Washington Post