How to Use donate in a Sentence

donate

verb
  • You can donate at the blood bank every eight weeks.
  • Please sign this form if you would like to donate your organs when you die.
  • He donates some of his free time to volunteer work.
  • We donated our old clothes to charity.
  • People are encouraged to donate blood.
  • The computers were donated by local companies.
  • Everyone is encouraged to donate.
  • Denmark and the Netherlands will donate the jets, the White House said.
    Jacob Knutson, Axios, 10 July 2024
  • Placards with the photo and a QR code to donate to the fund were on the bar and around tables.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2023
  • To donate to the fund, send checks or money orders to Help Them To Hope.
    Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • To help the war effort, the U.S. is donating 31 M1A1 tanks and crew training.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
  • Clean out your basement and donate to the second-hand store.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The owner of the home donated it to the university after the killings.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The Gear Fix has local channels for donating items that can’t be sold in the shop.
    Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Dawn grows her hair out, then chops it off to donate it to cancer patients.
    David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • And as always, for ever purchase, TOMS donates a new pair of shoes to a child in need.
    Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
  • Mayor Ernie Penn noted the land is the first donated to the city for a neighborhood park.
    Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Do pet parents have to pay any money to allow their pets to donate blood?
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The proceeds will be donated in full to the Tim Bergling Foundation.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
  • He’s grown wealthy enough to donate textbooks, meals, and cows to families back in Kano.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The time capsule was built and donated by Dave and Jenny Marrs of Bentonville.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The donor was a man in his 30s who donated tissue to three other people, as well as James.
    Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Moyle says a number of them have donated to his campaign as well.
    Daniel Walters, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2024
  • In March, the Red Cross donated 100 tombs in a local cemetery for the bodies of those who perish.
    Kathia Martínez, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023
  • Mitchell said with all the items donated, those who were relocated have enough to last a few months.
    Auzzy Byrdsell, ajc, 15 Sep. 2023
  • During that year, the likelihood that Ukrainians would donate to a cause rose by two points on the ten-point scale used by the researchers.
    Cassie Werber, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Bearcats’ supporters can donate to the Let’s Reign Campaign at cincyreigns.org.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Though Adams was prepared to donate a kidney, her father died in 2001.
    Brittany Trang, STAT, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Her cause is teaching her life skills – and giving her strength Emily says she’s still blown away by the fact that strangers donate books to her.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 7 May 2023
  • If the money isn’t granted immediately, it can be invested and grow tax-free, accumulating even more money to donate.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024

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