How to Use auction in a Sentence

auction

1 of 2 noun
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  • She bought the desk at an auction.
  • He made several bids at the auction.
  • The chicken dinner, the paddle raise, the auction of the condo in Cabo.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The journey the portraits took from the estate sale to the auction remains a mystery.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • That was the most money ever paid for a car at auction.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The building is set for auction from March 25 through the 27th on rimarkerplace.com, according to a flyer.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The lawsuits gave those descendants the choice to either sell their stake in the land or bid for it at auction.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Babe Ruth cards have been grand slams at auctions before.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But all of the major players in AI music will be at this auction.
    — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The auction occurs months in advance of the new rates taking effect.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • It’s scheduled to go up for auction on May 11 as part of an auction that will be held in Monaco.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • What's on the auction list: A trip to Chicago, wine packages, a bar cart, a stay at a horse farm, high-end skin care, restaurant gift cards.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The gala will include a live auction of Parks’ photographs.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There will be silent and live auctions and stories from clients about how their lives have been changed by Home Start’s programs.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In late February, Goodwill put the piece up for auction.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In total, the auction is expected to rake in $400 million.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The price the book sold for at the auction was a far cry from the original price the seller, an unnamed 58-year-old Scottish woman, purchased the book for.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • One of the world’s rarest blue diamonds has sold for nearly $44 million at an auction.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The program recently came up at an auction and his daughters bought it for him.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The house changed hands several times — and more than 80 years later, it was sold at an auction to Pam Gadjen.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The winning bidder will pay a 10 percent deposit on the day of the auction and a 10 percent premium to the auction house.
    — Curbed, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Each piece is made to embody what Disney has meant to each contributor to the auction.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The flashy wrist candy was one of the priciest pieces sold during last weekend’s watch auctions in Geneva.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 May 2023
  • Before Paisley takes the stage, there is a short auction hosted by Rob Riggle.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Sunday's sale broke the record for the most expensive dress worn by Diana to be sold at auction, the BBC reported.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But even if banks sit out the Treasury auctions, a shift out of deposits and into Treasuries by their clients could wreak havoc.
    — Denitsa Tsekova, Bloomberg.com, 3 June 2023
  • Two months later, the Madison Park property was up for auction in March.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The auction was the last of several offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated under the 2022 climate law.
    — Matthew Brown, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The city of Charleston made money, too, by taxing public auctions.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 16 June 2023
  • The items available now are largely pieces of studio equipment, with bidding on much of it starting at $1; the auction will be online for the next 28 days.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023
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auction

2 of 2 verb
  • The house was auctioned last week.
  • They auctioned a similar desk last year.
  • They would be auctioned the same week, in the same place, as the 600.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 16 June 2023
  • In fact, six skeletons were auctioned off last year alone.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The restaurant's equipment will be auctioned off on March 22.
    — Garrett Moore, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2023
  • That value is likely to become the starting price if the land is auctioned for sale.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Works to be auctioned are identified on a bid form next to each piece in Joppa Hall.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2023
  • As a last resort, it is auctioned off to a private buyer.
    — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Truist Bank planned to auction off the property on March 7.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The unit was later auctioned off, says Dear, which is how the items ended up in his possession.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The county also has not said when the computers were auctioned.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • In an effort to put the moment behind them, Ardern and Seymour have agreed to sign a copy of the transcript that caught the comment and auction it off.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Each team was awarded a game ball for MVP and donated a raffle item to be auctioned off.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • An original copy has not been auctioned since 1966, Ford said.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And the absurd plot to steal it and auction it off at Christie’s actually happened.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2023
  • In 2012, McMurtry auctioned off hundreds of thousands of books.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The work will be on public display May 6–15 in New York before being auctioned.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The singer, 64, unsuccessfully tried to stop the Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house from auctioning off the letter.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Horses that are not purchased by their sponsors will be auctioned, the website says.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2023
  • Twitter is even going so far as to auction off some of its furniture.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The dress, which was designed for Diana in 1989 and also auctioned off by Sotheby’s, fetched five times the pre-estimate.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The team auctioned off sticks and jerseys with proceeds spent to grow the game of hockey in diverse communities.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The French driver’s supercar will be auctioned off by RM Sotheby’s next month.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And now, a gorgeous 1966 example of the stylish follow-up is being auctioned off by Bonhams.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Elton John is auctioning items from his home in Atlanta.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The team auctioned off the right to name the new species to publicize the find and raise awareness and funds for the indigenous Lahu people of northern Thailand, a group that Sippawat is part of.
    — Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Earlier this month Price donated that ring to the Players Alliance to be auctioned off.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Detroit’s City Walls program sources local artists to paint the cleats, which will be auctioned off with proceeds sent toward a charity of the artist’s choice.
    — Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Simon Wiesenthal Center has warned that if it were auctioned off, it could be bought by Nazi sympathizers.
    — Maite Fernández Simon, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • The release also states that the chairs will be auctioned after the coronation, and the profits will be donated to charity.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 30 Apr. 2023

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