How to Use sell (someone) on in a Sentence

sell (someone) on

phrasal verb

• Learn more about how to safely sell on Craigslist here.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 25 Jan. 2021
• To me, this is the perfect time to sell on both of these defenses.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• Fred Bowman, that changed the law and allowed breweries to sell on premise.
  — oregonlive, 3 July 2023
• The water had been drained out with a few puddles at the base; that’s way too far away to bottle up and sell on eBay.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
• A lot of the vintage dealers also sell on Etsy and eBay.
  — Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Feb. 2022
• The Kunkles were able to keep the store afloat with the help of vendors who fronted them products to sell on the promise that they would be paid back.
  — Jessica Roy Kristín Braga Wright, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• Until more buyers think there is money to be made in mall makeovers, the likes of Westfield have a tough sell on their hands.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
• But there are two ways to sell on Amazon, and choosing between them can be a challenge.
  — Lesley Hensell, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• That was the hard sell on Tuesday night because the players want -- and need -- to play in front of a home crowd, according to coaches.
  — Suzi Parker, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2022
• Meanwhile, standalone Disney+ subscribers in the U.S. will be in for a harder sell on Hulu.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
• Anyone can sell on Depop, and there's even an option to have the app deal with shipping products out.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 29 Apr. 2021
• The company plans to put that money to, uh, to work acquiring brands that, that sell on Amazon.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 22 Apr. 2022
• What Sells? Or maybe many of the types of movies which now sell on the open market place aren’t always typical festival fare.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
• The company plans to put that money to work acquiring brands that sell on Amazon.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
• The Buy with Prime feature, which is now also available to sellers who don’t sell on Amazon, still comes at a price for merchants.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2023
• Please note, a valid bank account or debit card within the country of your event is required to sell on the Face Value Exchange.
  — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
• Then, it will be rolled out for merchants who don't sell on Amazon or use its delivery services.
  — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2022
• When the packages didn't arrive, Fisher told agents his half-brother suspected him of keeping the auto-sears to sell on his own.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
• Some items, such as radio equipment and night-vision goggles, are small enough to smuggle in bags or vehicles and sell on the black market.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• When demand on the grid rises again, any hydrogen that was stored can be fed through the fuel cell and turned back into electricity to sell on the grid.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2023
• Taking inspiration from Alsace, a white wine region, he was unfazed when warned that sweeter wines would be a hard sell on the West Coast.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
• Come the midterms and the 2024 election, this would be the kind of leadership that Democrats could sell on the campaign trail, particularly as a contrast to the more radicalized GOP.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 29 July 2022
• And still homes sell on average for 1.7 percent higher than the asking price, another record.
  — Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 27 May 2021
• Plus, Jaen was already eager to show her finds — which otherwise sell on Instagram (@_publicgarden, but soon to be @havenbrookline) and Etsy — in-person.
  — Anissa Gardizy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
• The weekly chart for bitcoin is negative, which favors a sell on strength strategy.
  — Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• Nike started a pilot program to sell on Amazon starting in 2017 but broke that partnership two years later.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• Condition: Homes in poor condition may be difficult to sell on the open housing market.
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
• Magnet fishing kits sell on Amazon (which include a magnet, line and protective gloves) for as little as $25.99.
  — Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• As little as five years ago, the most expensive Diablo to sell on online auction house Bring a Trailer went for about a quarter of a million dollars.
  — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024
• In the season premiere, Sunja runs out of kimchi to sell on the street and begins peddling rice wine to support her family, but she quickly gets arrested.
  — Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024