giving away
Example Sentences
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I told him so, refusing to comply and letting him know that he shouldn’t be giving away money he needed to borrow.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
“I just saw him on Facebook giving away free oak trees, and here we are,” Khalil said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
As I thinned out the garage shelves—recycling old paint, giving away a box of used electric outlets, listing plumbing supplies on Craigslist’s “free stuff” section—the shelves grew neater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Whenever someone asks whether they should hire a financial adviser, I often see responses like, “Don’t do it. You’re just giving away your money.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Not her wanting to get rid of the cards—she couldn’t care less about them—but definitely her giving away the flowers, or as she called them, her “lovelies.”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
