How to Use charity in a Sentence

charity

noun
  • All the money will go to charity.
  • The holidays are a time for charity and good will.
  • She runs a local charity that gives books to children.
  • The dinner was held to raise funds for several charities.
  • She refused to accept charity.
  • Each pledged his share to charity.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The Braves didn’t just do it out of charity.
    — David O'Brien, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The charity used to be able to afford meat four times a week.
    — Borso Tall, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Beatrice had been a trustee of the charity for six years.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Over the years, though, news of their charity work began to leak out.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • Through the years, the union has partnered with the food bank for charity drives.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
  • Maybe you're feeling drawn to a group project or charity work that speaks to your heart.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The money raised this year will go to a charity of the winning team’s choice.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The runabout on offer should raise a hefty chunk of change for the charity, too.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Growing up, she was involved in charity work of all kind.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Suarez was finished, but the Padres were not done with their charity.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2022
  • For many charities, this will be their biggest fundraising day of the year.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But buying lunch for those who can afford it isn’t charity.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Ticket sales can go to charity and the fans have a showcase event to meet that year’s team.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 11 May 2023
  • Also, charity tickets go on sale at the same time.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 12 June 2026
  • More than two hundred charities shed him as their patron.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • None of it was charity in the ordinary sense.
    — Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • He was honored for services to sport and charity.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That's all in addition to his design projects and a slew of charity work.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 20 July 2023
  • One was a charity case, the other had paid top dollar for care elsewhere.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The pendant was made with the intent that it be auctioned for charity.
    — Allison Adato, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Their survival is not a matter of charity.
    — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Admission to the all-ages event is free, and all performer tips will go to charity.
    — Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The case has put the jingle — and the charity behind it — in the headlines.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • But that would be an act of interpretive charity the show hasn’t earned.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026

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