How to Use auction in a Sentence

auction

1 of 2 noun
  • She bought the desk at an auction.
  • He made several bids at the auction.
  • They will soon be sold at auction.
    — Alyssa Brandt, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Prices at the auction were gong up and up.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The batch auctions were long gone.
    — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The home will be sold at auction in May.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Click here to see more photos of the cars up for auction.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
  • There will be silent and live auctions and a concert.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There will be silent and live auctions and a concert.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There will be silent and live auctions and a concert.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s a look at what to expect at the auction.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Homer worries they were stolen to be sold at an auction.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • There will also be a live auction.
    — Libby Smith, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But unlike the fee scheme, the auction caught on.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • If they aren’t claimed they are sold at public auction.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The event will include auctions, food and drinks.
    — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Car auctions graced the schedule as well.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • What paintings will be up for auction?
    — James Powel, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • None have come to auction, until now.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Other sports auctions are on tap.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026
  • The sale was the first auction of 2026.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The auction was meant to take place on Monday.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Last week, the vehicle was set to go up for auction.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • The auction floor was a sea of white cowboy hats and silk neckties.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Click here to see more photos of the auction highlights.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, the baseline is the auction price less the tax debt.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Christie’s is holding a real home run of an auction this week.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The lender postponed the auction.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • This car event is home to one of the most expensive car auctions in the world.
    — Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This car event is home to one of the most expensive car auctions in the world.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025

auction

2 of 2 verb
  • The house was auctioned last week.
  • They auctioned a similar desk last year.
  • At the event, the bags are auctioned off.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • On this day, a stroller would be auctioned.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • All pieces but one have been auctioned and sold for thousands.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • His work has also been auctioned at Christie’s.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • They would be auctioned the same week, in the same place, as the 600.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 16 June 2023
  • Trump was meant to sign a Stuck painting that would then be auctioned off.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Their house was auctioned off, and their car was repossessed.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Twitter is even going so far as to auction off some of its furniture.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • That value is likely to become the starting price if the land is auctioned for sale.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • That included plans to auction off its assets.
    — Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Fewer than one in five items are reclaimed, while the rest gets auctioned off or donated.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Horses that are not purchased by their sponsors will be auctioned, the website says.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2023
  • The family plans to auction the books and donate the proceeds.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The county also has not said when the computers were auctioned.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The restaurant's equipment will be auctioned off on March 22.
    — Garrett Moore, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Trump then auctioned it on stage, with the final bid landing just under $3 million.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Works to be auctioned are identified on a bid form next to each piece in Joppa Hall.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The coins used by the referees will be auctioned off, the NFL said.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The last newly circulating pennies are set to be auctioned off next month.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Bidding on the lightsaber, which has never been auctioned before, will open at $1 million.
    — CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • The unit was later auctioned off, says Dear, which is how the items ended up in his possession.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Rite Aid also auctioned off its in-house ice cream brand, Thrifty Ice Cream.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • There are two additional GTs to be auctioned as well.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There are two additional GTs to be auctioned as well.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The site is the last parcel of residential plot to be auctioned by the government in the area.
    — Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • As opposed to going and auctioning off and leveraging our future on a hope.
    — Nick Friedell, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • An original copy has not been auctioned since 1966, Ford said.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And the absurd plot to steal it and auction it off at Christie’s actually happened.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2023

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