How to Use rummage sale in a Sentence

rummage sale

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• Now, the high school is growing and needs the space the rummage sale has occupied.
  — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Shop plant sale, vendor and rummage sale items, bake sale, snack bar, and more.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Not everyone is thrilled about this season’s version of the rummage sale.
  — Mandy Behbehani, SFChronicle.com, 5 May 2020
• Petting zoo, basic health screening, free hot dog lunch, rummage sale, craft show, cruise in.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• The rummage sale is from 7 a.m. to noon at Georgia’s, 142 E. Grand Ave., featuring items such as clothing, books and household goods.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Donated items for the rummage sale will be accepted through Sept. 13, according to the church.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• 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
• 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
• The annual Kenilworth Union Church rummage sale offers many of those items.
  — Kathy Routliffe, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
• 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
• Replacements’ facilities are the size of eight football fields and contain a museum and a discounted room that has the feel of a rummage sale.
  — Susan Harlan, Curbed, 11 July 2019
• 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 group declared the rummage sale an act of responsibility.
  — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• Check out this unusual rummage sale Friday and Saturday (May 20 and 21).
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 16 May 2022
• Proceeds of the rummage sale will support church programs and help them fund a myriad of community outreach projects.
  — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Oct. 2019
• 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 rummage sale includes items related to cooking and entertaining, from kitchen gadgets and bar tools to cookbooks and dishware.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 4 May 2022
• Dozens of donors and about 10 volunteers made the rummage sale possible, organizers said.
  — Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
• During the rummage sale, beverages will be provided by Life Care Center of Westlake.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2021
• Cash in your treasures by reselling on Craigslist, including them in a rummage sale or selling to specialty buyers, like a pawn shop or a local business.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
• The Kelly family recently held a rummage sale in their front yard, and a white family walked over to introduce themselves.
  — Brent McDonald, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• The thrift shop is an evolution of the organization's quarterly rummage sale fundraisers, which ended in late 2016 when the building the sales were held at in the Stow-Kent Shopping Center sold.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• Donating these gifts to your local Goodwill or rummage sale would at least keep them out of the landfill and would respect (in a minimal way) your friend’s generous intent.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024