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
  • To bid on the painting, purchase a print or donate to the park fund, visit www.oconparksandtrails.org/.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Clean out your basement and donate to the second-hand store.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • People like it, donate to it, and don't ask more of it, a rare find for free software.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The band has pledged to donate $1 from each pre-save to Pink Shirt Day, which aims to stop bullying.
    Ilana Kaplan, SPIN, 29 July 2022
  • The couple has pledged to donate a portion of proceeds from a shareable dish called the Hunger Board to the food bank.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 21 June 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
  • In 2013, film star Johnny Depp announced a plan to buy the property and donate it to the Oglala Sioux tribe.
    Stephen Groves, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Tickets are $160 and Chef Santos will donate a portion of the proceeds to Ahivoy.
    Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Finders are encouraged to read the book, share it, or donate it to a local school.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Anyone wishing to donate to Swiantek’s family can do so at ourcommunityheros.org.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The geologist extracted the rock before the area was slated for mining, and donated it to Bioela State High School where his wife taught.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025

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