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How to use giveaway in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, adjective

Giveaway means something that is given away or handed out for free. Example: “The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software.”

Examples of giveaway by meaning

nounSomething that is given away or handed out for free.

  • The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software.
  • Then there's ole' reliable: the giveaway.1983, Teleconnect: The Voice of the Telephone Interconnect Industry
  • Perhaps the most frequently used giveaway is "free rent," an abatement of rent for a specific period of tenancy.1984, Journal of Property Management - Volumes 49-50 - Page 21

nounAn event at which things are given away for free.

  • In this giveaway a person who has had something special happen to him gives gifts to others around him, so that they can share in his feelings.1987, Sun Bear, Edward B. Weinstock, The Path of Power, page 233
  • Following the feast the tables were cleared, making room for the giveaway.2012, Chad Hamill, Songs of Power and Prayer in the Columbia Plateau, page 124
  • This has been such a rewarding exercise for so many of us involved in the giveaway.2015, Sarah Mayberry, Kelly Hunter, Megan Crane, The Great Wedding Giveaway

nounThe act of giving something away for free.

  • Late May is the target date for giveaway of the new NPP FloraCopter game by retail Aorists to increase their “in-store traffic" and sales.1965, Florist & Nursery Exchange - Volume 143, page 29
  • Nothing kills profits like product giveaway.1990, Good Packaging - Volume 51, page 4

nounAn indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.

  • The frosting in his beard was a giveaway that he had been munching the cake.
  • Their skin was the real giveaway: again and again it turned out to be fattier and softer than average and therefore warmer.2006, Jonathan Petropoulos, John K. Roth, Gray Zones, page 140
  • The real giveaway is its showing time's arrows pointing the wrong way: the universe contracting, or entropy spontaneously decreasing (as in the separation, with no energy input, of brine into fresh water and solid salt).2009, Robin Le Poidevin, Simons Peter, McGonigal Andrew, The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics, page 452

adjectiveVery low.

  • There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51

More sentences with giveaway

  • My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.From the entry matchbook
  • That disguise is a dead giveaway! Choose something less obvious.From the entry dead giveaway
  • Indeed, sneakers and Birks are by no means the giveaways they once were.2023 August 7, Vanessa Friedman, “Do These Shoes Make Me Look Like a Tourist?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry birks
  • A Mini with a Union Jack painted on her would be a dead giveaway to the police.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry one-off
  • This giveaway allows astronomers to "untilt" the orbit and calculate its true dimensions.1982, Howard S. Goldberg, Michael D. Scadron, Physics of Stellar Evolution and Cosmology, page 106. From the entry untilt
  • For nonreviewing viewers, interactivity is an opportunity for fun, creativity, intimacy with the talent, exposure to advertising and giveaways and community.2009 January 11, Virginia Heffernan, “The Burden of Interactivity”, in New York Times. From the entry nonreviewing
  • "Instead of slowing down his arm when he throws it — a dead giveaway to hitters — Igawa had better arm action, Eiland said"2008 March 5, New York Times. From the entry dead giveaway
  • After winning a combined ten million over the past week, TrainWreck announced that he would fulfill his promise of hosting the substantial giveaway despite still being "down horrendous."2022 January 2, Blaine Polhamus, “Trainwreck gives away $1 million to his stream chat”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 23…. From the entry down horrendous

Meaning of giveaway

  1. noun Something that is given away or handed out for free.
  2. noun An event at which things are given away for free.
  3. noun The act of giving something away for free.

Full definition of giveaway

Questions about giveaway in a sentence

How do you use giveaway in a sentence?
Giveaway is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software.”
What is a short sentence with giveaway?
“Nothing kills profits like product giveaway.”
What does giveaway mean?
Giveaway means something that is given away or handed out for free.

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