haggling

Example Sentences

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In a damp back alley, Jingjing joined job-seekers milling about leisurely, haggling for higher wages while garment bosses perched on scooters brandished hiring signs, desperate for day labourers.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Be prepared for haggling after the results themselves, mind.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

The corridors were packed with Chinese and foreign buyers haggling over prices, while shop owners touted products on live streams in front of glowing phone screens.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Carvana has eye-catching “car vending machines” in key cities and offers buyers a still-novel way to shop from home for a used car, without haggling.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

They went on yelling and thrusting cocoons in one another’s faces and lying and haggling.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides