How to Use yard sale in a Sentence

yard sale

noun
  • And the rest, which came from yard sales, thrift shops, and auctions.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Day two of the yard sale kicks off today (Nov. 7) at 10am, and runs to 7pm.
    Tetris Kelly, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2019
  • There will be treasures to be found at the yard sale and scare-crows to be made.
    Tracy Trobridge, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Along the 824-mile long yard sale, drivers pull off the road when a sale is spotted.
    The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
  • First, consider whether a yard sale is the right method for your goals.
    Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 28 June 2022
  • John and Jamie found the vintage cane-seat chairs at a neighbor’s yard sale.
    Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Any old aluminum pole from a thrift store, yard sale, or rental shop will get the job done.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Goursaud had met Nasatir at a yard sale in 1980, and the two struck up an easy friendship.
    Stephen Farber, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The caller said a man bought a stereo at her yard sale, and the man was not satisfied with it.
    Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Last year, my mom bought a magazine clutch from a guy at some crap yard sale.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2018
  • There was an epic yard sale here at a book collector’s.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Think of it as quite possibly the world’s biggest yard sale.
    New York Times, 25 Dec. 2019
  • Next weekend, May 15, a one-day yard sale will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Jameson Homestead in Avon.
    Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 6 May 2021
  • Skip the yard sale and list your stuff quickly on OfferUp.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Locked out of his house, Nick creates a makeshift yard sale to sell all of his possessions.
    Terry Terrones, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The plot will revolve around the search of Bo Peep, who was missing from the last film after having been sold in a yard sale.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Shopping on Prime Day has been likened to rummaging through a yard sale.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired, 22 June 2021
  • But just like everyone else, my mom gave away my cards in a yard sale or to other kids.
    Bymegan Leonhardt, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Regifting is as common for us as shopping at yard sales and thrift stores.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The egg hunt took place in conjunction with a community yard sale in the park.
    Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Re-gifting is as common for us as shopping at yard sales and thrift stores.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • One of the victims was stabbed near Unique, two were stabbed at a yard sale on Colie Drive and the fourth victim was found by police in the area.
    Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
  • Langshaw said council has been discussing yard sales for more than a year.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
  • For people that can't resist pulling over for yard sales, the 127 Yard Sale is a bucket-list event… and this year’s is just two weeks away.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 20 July 2023
  • Decades later, the negatives turned up at a yard sale in the United States and then were auctioned off on eBay.
    Washington Post, 7 May 2021
  • Thrift stores and yard sales can offer major savings on this front though.
    Kellie Ell, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • One of my other big Rush memories is that my parents went to a yard sale.
    Ryan Reed, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Apparently, there are folks who didn’t unload these at yard sales in the ‘90s!
    Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2019
  • Remember this before your next yard sale trip: Bed bugs can hide in furniture.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
  • The Hills obliged and even began showing the couple their yard sale items when JoAnn Mills says her husband attacked and killed them with a machete, tire tool and ballpeen hammer, court records show.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024

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