SELL in a Sentence

Learn SELL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

345 example sentences for SELL, such as:

1. I'll sell him the diamond earbobs.
2. Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
3. You'll go or I'll sell you down the river.
4. The car's new design will help sell it to consumers.
5. If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt.

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 Meanings and Examples of SELL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sell
 v.  give or hand over something in exchange for money
Classic Sentence: (191 in 13 pages)
1  Her husband had given her the farm and she had managed to sell it, and with that and the alimony she had started a lunch-room at Bettsbridge and bloomed into activity and importance.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  And I'll sell my boats to some foolish Englishman who thinks he can slip them through.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  The only way to redeem yourself is to enlist after you sell your boats.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  The South had always lived by selling cotton and buying the things it did not produce, but now it could neither sell nor buy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  And if you so much as breathe to her where the fighting is, I'll sell you South as sure as gun's iron.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  You'll go or I'll sell you down the river.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
7  You'll never see your mother again or anybody you know and I'll sell you for a field hand too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
8  I'll sell him the diamond earbobs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
9  There's a man named Johnson who has one, way out Peachtree road, and he's anxious to sell it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  He needs some cash right away, so he wants to sell and stay and run it for me at a weekly wage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
11  Scarlett O'Hara, the proudest of the proud, trying to sell needlework to the Yankees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  Half the money is honestly mine," he continued, "honestly made with the aid of honest Union patriots who were willing to sell out the Union behind its back--for one-hundred-per-cent profit on their goods.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  It came from Confederate cotton which I managed to run through the blockade and sell in Liverpool at sky-high prices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  Frank told me about this man who has a sawmill, a little one out Peachtree road, and he wants to sell it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
15  He's got to have cash money pretty quick and he'll sell it cheap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
Example Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
16  We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price.
17  Do not sell the bear's skin before you have caught the bear.
18  Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
19  The way of the time is the single car, never sell FanChengPiao.
20  The receivers will always prefer to sell a business as a going concern.
21  In Britain the Consumer Protection Act makes it a criminal offence to sell goods that are unsafe.
22  Despite the critical acclaim, the novel did not sell well.
23  The car's new design will help sell it to consumers.
24  Some factories have cut out the middleman and sell their products directly to customers.
25  To capture his equity, Murphy must either sell or refinance.
26  Don't overspend on your home and expect to get the money back when you sell.
27  She didn't want to confront the inescapable fact that she would have to sell the house.
28  They sell a few pot plants, but they mainly sell cut flowers.
29  They agreed to sell last year after they ran into financial problems.
30  If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt.