How to Use garage sale in a Sentence

garage sale

noun
  • Go to a flea market or garage sale.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • Cars with their trunks open to sell garage sale-type items line parking lot.
    — ExpressNews.com, 22 June 2019
  • Yard and garage sales were flush with the sale of paperbacks.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The driver was just waiting for a friend to go to a garage sale.
    — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
  • But your garage sale prices should land somewhere in the middle.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 16 May 2024
  • One kid had costumes, like two suit jackets from a garage sale.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Be sure to look for signs alerting you to the many garage sales that pop up all over the area.
    — Steven Wayne Yvaska, The Mercury News, 4 July 2019
  • Like one fan found one in a garage sale in France and returned it to you.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2019
  • My first jean jacket came from a garage sale in the suburbs of Iowa.
    — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Their used gear garage sale is also available year round to members.
    — Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer, 1 June 2022
  • The fear, then, was that the material would end up at a garage sale.
    — George Gene Gustines, New York Times, 30 July 2023
  • At the same time, the community-wide garage sales will be held.
    — Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017
  • At the same time, the community-wide garage sales will be held.
    — Houston Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Leftovers from a last-minute garage sale lined the dining room table.
    — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Spears said his niece brought the bust about 15 years ago at a garage sale for $20.
    — Fox News, 28 Oct. 2021
  • My mom bought my picture books secondhand, at garage sales.
    — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
  • The City will not display garage sale signs throughout the city as in years past.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 29 July 2021
  • The sidewalk wasn’t some cozy suburban garage sale, though.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Prices change by the hour, rules are made up on the fly—but unlike a garage sale, no one seems to know who's in charge.
    — Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
  • The committee hopes to make this garage sale an annual event.
    — Mika Travis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Catherine found one of the chandeliers at a neighbor's garage sale for free.
    — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The driver, however, was down the street shopping at a garage sale.
    — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Baby items, like car seats and cribs, can be dangerous to purchase from garage sales.
    — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 7 June 2026
  • The map of garage sales in the area will be posted on the Wednesday prior to the sale.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 6 June 2023
  • Many dads have a man cave or a garage equipped with a vintage sound system saved from their youth or picked up at a garage sale.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes, 12 June 2021
  • As of April 25, there were two spots left for those wanting to sell during the garage sale.
    — Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The result looks less like a coffee table in a home and more like a display table at a garage sale.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Kempton Hills garage sale been going on for about 35 years.
    — Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2021
  • The cashbox with $100 inside for the garage sale was left untouched.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Remember when the Broncos coach likened free agency to garage sale finds?
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026

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