Example sentences for: auctioning

How can you use “auctioning” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The federal government could have raised $70 billion from auctioning the frequencies, but the TV broadcasters lobbied their way to a freebie.

  • A few years ago, he raised $336,000 by auctioning four of his lesser titles, including Lord of Wimbledon.

  • Pressured by Gina's spooky uncle (a superbly restrained turn by Burt Young) into auctioning off a paranoid son's painting--a resurrected Jesus putting holes in disloyal disciples with a submachine gun--Michael must simultaneously keep the gangsters happy, his fiancee (who'll pull the plug on the engagement if she finds out he's enmeshed in the family business) in the dark, the FBI from discovering the collusion, and--most important in farce--a semblance of dignity.

  • Spins: 1) It's a revolution in online auctioning!

  • This week, soft-porn entrepreneur Ron Harris began auctioning the eggs of fashion models on the Internet.


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