How to Use auctioneer in a Sentence

auctioneer

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  • The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
  • In the end, the auctioneer's sales pitch on the chapel organ paid off.
    — Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2021
  • But who is the auctioneer putting up all of these signs?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Weights and prices flashed on screens above the auctioneer’s head.
    — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Sound effects offer up the voice of the slave auctioneer, the moaning of the slaves, the rattle of chains and the crack of the whip.
    — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 May 2017
  • The date for the auction has not been set, lead auctioneer Jeff Siska said.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 14 July 2023
  • The theme of five runs throughout the stone, according to the auctioneer.
    — CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • This event is emceed by Claudette Fried and Scot Haney is the auctioneer.
    — Courant Community, 16 May 2017
  • And then if there’s excess demand, the auctioneer raises the price and puts up the call again.
    — Thomas Gryta, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
  • And selling dreams is the work of marketers and auctioneers.
    — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Amazed by the story, the auctioneers welcomed the TV crew to their premises.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 13 Sep. 2019
  • In demonstrating the piece, Beeple even played with the auctioneer.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2021
  • As usual, the auction would end when bidding topped and the the auctioneer banged the gavel.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 13 June 2020
  • On May 11, the evening party was in full swing by the time the auction started with Weezie de la Vergne as the auctioneer.
    — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 8 June 2017
  • The auctioneer starts up again, now with higher prices.
    — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Barron first learns of the stamp from a Sotheby’s auctioneer and strings along the small drama of its sale throughout the book.
    — Sarah Laskow, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2017
  • If there are more than five players, the banker may choose to act only as the banker and auctioneer, opting to not play.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
  • From many corners of the 200-acre grounds, loudspeakers broadcast the voice of the auctioneer up on the podium.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Jan. 2022
  • But that was in an auction room, with an auctioneer, and live bidders.
    — James Tarmy, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Brady came out of retirement and wanted Lelands, the auctioneer, to void the sale.
    — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The end of the evening features dessert and a live auction featuring guest auctioneer Gene Michael Deary.
    — courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • In the case of the current study, the bidders were selling something (their use of Facebook) to the auctioneers, instead of the other way around.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2018
  • Ken Goldin, the auctioneer in charge of selling the ball on behalf of Cory Youmans, the lucky spectator, thinks the ball will sell for more than $3 million.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Sadly, there was no auctioneer available to drown her out that time around.
    — Emily Stewart, Vox, 5 Sep. 2018
  • These, and so much more, to be transported elsewhere with the bang of an auctioneer’s gavel.
    — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021
  • His father was a fruit auctioneer on the city docks, and his mother was a homemaker.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 4 June 2018
  • If people stayed long enough into the evening, the auctioneer might slash that oak bedside table down to $30.
    — Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 12 Jan. 2022
  • For the past several years, the auctioneers have been trying to sell the property.
    — Devin Kelly, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The Union needs to send in a total unknown that the auctioneers can't trace to help get the material back, and Roxanne believes her old flame is the perfect guy.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Others involved in the lawsuit include the dealer who sold the car and the auctioneer who accused of hiring the Broward mechanic.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024

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