personal ad

Example Sentences

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"All my hopes and dreams, my old report cards, every breed of dog, every last personal ad on Craigslist, sesame, poppy seed, salt, and it collapsed in on itself," she explains.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2023

Once the money had been gathered, George’s father was instructed to run a personal ad in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that read, “We are ready. Percy Minnie.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2022

She moved to Canada, and in 1974 placed a personal ad in Mother Earth News, then a new journal of self-sufficiency.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

In the archives, a note that I had “liked” her comment on a personal ad I posted in 2017 and 6,652 messages since I first struck up a conversation.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2020

The proud but meddlesome mother of three women tries to find the perfect man for her youngest daughter by placing an online personal ad.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2019