DONATE in a Sentence

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43 example sentences for DONATE, such as:

1. He donated a site for a Hope School.
2. She made a personal donation to the fund.
3. The project is funded by public donation.
4. The professor donated his books to the library.
5. He donated a large sum of money to the orphanage.

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 Meanings and Examples of DONATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
donate
 v.  grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
Classic Sentence:
1  The most of this money was obtained by holding festivals and concerts, and from small individual donations.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
2  Besides the gift of these buildings, they have made other generous donations to the school.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
3  I noted that just in proportion as the usefulness of the school grew, his donations increased.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
4  This he has done, whether it was to make a personal donation or to use his influence in securing the donations of others.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
5  His generous donations to local and county charities have been frequently chronicled in these columns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
6  It was by far the largest single donation which up to that time the school had ever received.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
7  I not only had this twenty-five cents for my breakfast, but within a few minutes I had a donation from the lady on whom I had started to call.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
8  He sought out Mrs. Elsing to make this donation and embarrassedly begged that she keep his gift a secret, knowing very well that this would spur her to spreading the news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
9  The leaders of the mercenaries received a donation in gold; an argument the most persuasive to their minds, and without which all others would have proved in vain.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  The carriage and horse she donated to the hospital in a burst of patriotism which she immediately regretted and that brought on more tears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  They then repeated their cry of Largesse, to which Cedric, in the height of his joy, replied by an ample donative, and to which Athelstane, though less promptly, added one equally large.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
16  Organ donation awareness is high in the Pennsylvania due largely to effective education by state governments.
17  The company's donation was surely motivated by self-interest, as it attracted a lot of media attention.
18  She made a personal donation to the fund.
19  The project is funded by public donation.
20  Monks are rattled: the one manning Guanyin's donation box fears such undisguised moneymaking would turn their shrine into a temple run by CEO abbot.
21  A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.
22  She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.
23  Tons of internationally donated food was distributed to the starving peasants.
24  He donated a large sum of money to the orphanage.
25  An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
26  The professor donated his books to the library.
27  The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous.
28  He donated a site for a Hope School.
29  At the same time, the bank president said the money donated must be well spent, in a predictable, transparent, strategic and effective manner.
30  In his role as philanthropist and public benefactor, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., donated millions to charity; as an individual, however, he was a tight-fisted old man.