Example sentences for: volunteering

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

  • "While some were out dodging the draft, John McCain was volunteering for active service in Vietnam," Grooms reminded the audience--which was sprinkled with purple- and orange-haired teen-agers as well as vets.

  • He was coyly gleeful about how lucky we are to toil in this chaos: to see the early snowdrops pushing up from the snow year after year or some flower graciously volunteering where you never would have been clever enough to plant it; or just to watch a couple of dragonflies having sex on a hot summer day.

  • Portillo, who is seeking re-election to Parliament and is widely seen as an eventual contender for the party leadership, said he wanted to put an end to untrue rumors about his sex life--one being that he had a homosexual affair with another former Conservative minister--by instead volunteering the truth.

  • Zucker, who volunteers at the center several days a week, was recently honored for volunteering more than 150 hours in free legal services to the poor -- more than three times the time donated by most practicing attorneys, he said.

  • You might want to consider volunteering at a homeless shelter.


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