How to Use rummage sale in a Sentence

rummage sale

noun
  • The business is planning to sell many of the items inside in a rummage sale soon.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Now, the high school is growing and needs the space the rummage sale has occupied.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Petting zoo, basic health screening, free hot dog lunch, rummage sale, craft show, cruise in.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Mandi Jung at a rummage sale to raise money for students' rent.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Not everyone is thrilled about this season’s version of the rummage sale.
    — Mandy Behbehani, SFChronicle.com, 5 May 2020
  • In the beginning, John played with clubs salvaged from rummage sales.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Talks and tours throughout the day, kids’ activities and green rummage sale.
    — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The rummage sale will include new and gently used items such as clothes, shoes, home decor and household goods, according to a news release.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The window treatments that frame the bed are made from fabric panels that Kyllonen picked up at a rummage sale.
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Highlights include deep-pit barbecue, rummage sale, craft fair, beer and wine garden and equestrian events.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The group declared the rummage sale an act of responsibility.
    — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Those donations, coupled with the annual rummage sale, mean the foundation is in good shape, with money in the bank.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 21 Nov. 2017
  • New this year, the Nature Center will also hold a rummage sale of items found in its storage during spring cleaning.
    — cleveland, 3 June 2022
  • Décor wasn’t so important, either, and furniture came from local rummage sales.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This has, ostensibly, made sifting through piles of old clothes at rummage sales and thrift stores for that one gem in an uncurated mountain of dross a thing of the past.
    — Nick Sullivan, Esquire, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The annual Kenilworth Union Church rummage sale offers many of those items.
    — Kathy Routliffe, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Secondhand and vintage is no longer synonymous with a dusty pile of outdated sweaters in the corner of a church basement, or a yearly rummage sale.
    — Annaliese Griffin, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The scene on a recent Friday at a Greenwich Village townhouse was like a cross between an art opening and a rummage sale.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Church Rummage Sales Church rummage sales are chock-full of vintage homewares, often at unbeatable prices.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The coat—having enjoyed a single Sunday of freedom in the West Stand, near the 40-yard-line—was then placed in a rummage sale.
    — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Check out this unusual rummage sale Friday and Saturday (May 20 and 21).
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 16 May 2022
  • The hall behind the church is typically empty, Mayer said, though it was recently used for a church rummage sale and a wash room after a clam bake at the church on Saturday night.
    — Jane Morice, cleveland.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The high-value heirlooms underscore that Dunn’s Attic isn’t your typical thrift store of second-hand donations or a rummage sale’s random assortment.
    — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The Chicago Sports Spectacular, one of the country’s biggest and oldest card shows, is like a rummage sale from the days before eBay, but with way more money involved.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The North Little Rock School District will host a rummage sale Saturday morning to clear the historic Ole Main High School building before it is renovated, officials said.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 June 2026

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