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How to use sale in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Sale means an exchange of goods or services for currency or credit. Example: “He celebrated after the sale of company.”

Examples of sale by meaning

nounAn exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

  • He celebrated after the sale of company.

More sentences with sale

  • I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.From the entry odd
  • A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer.From the entry clock
  • Don't miss our November sale — it's your last chance to save big before Christmas!From the entry big
  • This bake sale is going to be the death of me!From the entry death
  • He'll turn on the charm if he thinks he's losing the sale.From the entry turn on
  • Many bands make more money from T-shirt sales than from sale of tickets.From the entry t-shirt
  • For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.From the entry discount
  • The sale will begin on January 28th, promptly at 9 a.m.From the entry promptly
  • The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.From the entry mob
  • At the spring sale, everyone zeroed in on the bargain clothes.From the entry zero in
  • If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we’ll refund you the difference.From the entry refund
  • The store is having a liquidation sale: everything must go as they go out of business.From the entry liquidation
  • Many bands make more money from selling concert T-shirts than from the sale of tickets.From the entry concert T-shirt
  • There are plenty of discounted Christmas items in the Boxing Day sale.From the entry boxing day
  • Lottery tickets are not discountable items even when we have a sale.From the entry discountable
  • Can we still call it a bake sale even though I'm bringing my grandma's famous no-bakes?From the entry no-bake
  • For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.From the entry het
  • The sale will run for ten days.From the entry run
  • The company nets $30 on every sale.From the entry net
  • No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!From the entry readable
  • The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale.From the entry run down
  • A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account.From the entry debit
  • You didn't have to buy enough wrapping paper to choke a horse, just because it was on sale.From the entry enough to choke a horse
  • All the tagged items are on sale.From the entry tagged
  • The sale was almost agreed, but now the prospective purchasers seem to be suffering from a bad case of cold feet.From the entry cold feet
  • Roll up, roll up! Pies for sale!From the entry roll up
  • Chechias were for sale at the bazaar.From the entry chechias
  • The store is having a sale on dimmable chandeliers.From the entry dimmable
  • In "on sale", "sale" is a bare noun.From the entry bare noun
  • This catalog has milsurp rifles and ammunition on sale.From the entry milsurp
  • Come to our stock-up sale and save big!From the entry stock-up
  • It's not for sale, however much money you're offering.From the entry however much
  • Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until.From the entry until
  • My car is up for sale.From the entry up for
  • They held an estate sale last Saturday, which cleared out everything that was saleable; what's left will require a skip for disposal.From the entry saleable
  • Our local beekeeper leaves jars of honey for sale in his driveway. There's a coffee can for the money, and payment is on the honor system.From the entry honor system
  • The cities of Davis, Vacaville, and Fairfield also bans the sale and use of all fireworks.2026 June 28, Jeremiah Martinez, “Northern California communities that allow, prohibit use of fireworks”, in KCRA. From the entry Fairfield
  • She told him she’d gotten the guitar from an estate sale she’d seen on her route.2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 121. From the entry estate sale
  • The quick sale was considered unusual because Buffett is known for making longer term bets.2023 May 16, Michelle Toh, “Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells entire stake in TSMC”, in CNN Business. From the entry Buffett

Meaning of sale

  1. noun An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
  2. noun The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
  3. noun A hall.

Full definition of sale

Questions about sale in a sentence

How do you use sale in a sentence?
Sale is used as a noun. For example: “He celebrated after the sale of company.”
What is a short sentence with sale?
“Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until.”
What does sale mean?
Sale means an exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sale (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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