How to Use silent auction in a Sentence

silent auction

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  • The silent auction will be open online until the date of the event.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The silent auction will be open to the public from Oct. 14 through Oct. 21.
    — Post-Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Among the silent auction items was one of Fall’s size 22 shoes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • As for the format of the event, there’s a silent auction that takes place in the Rachofsky’s home.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Join them for hors d’oeuvres, wine, a silent auction and short movie.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a silent auction will take place.
    — courant.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The online silent auction opens June 7 and runs to June 21.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2021
  • To buy tickets online, or to bid in the silent auction, go to FestivalofTreesUtah.org.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The day will also include food trucks and a silent auction to raise funds for the school.
    — Melissa Whatley, baltimoresun.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • There will be music, food, drink, and a silent auction.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • There will be a silent auction, door prizes and a prize for best costume.
    — Hunter Johnson, Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • One day, a friend approached her to be the chef for a tasting at a silent auction.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 3 July 2021
  • Months later, there was to be a silent auction at an event.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The minimum bid for the silent auction will be $4,000, said Cade.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2019
  • An online silent auction opens the week of June 13 and will close at the event on June 22, where the items will be on display.
    — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2022
  • There will be a DJ, dancing, games along with live and silent auction.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The event includes prize and 50/50 raffles as well as a silent auction.
    — Greg Crawford, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The silent auction for in-person and virtual guests will go from 6 to 10 p.m.
    — Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Greater Utopian Church will host a silent auction, pie and cake social, and a food truck.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • There will also be a silent auction held during the month.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 May 2024
  • Live music, wine and gourmet lite bites, silent auction.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 July 2023
  • The meal will be served family-style, and the event will include cocktails and wine and a silent auction.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The event will include a live and silent auction, live music, and a keynote by Dugard.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The event includes a silent auction, mystery bags, raffle items and a cash bar.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Guests also enjoy a buffet, and there’s a silent auction to raise more funds for the cause.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Catherine O’Hara, meanwhile, made her way to the swimming pool to place bids in a silent auction.
    — Ellen Olivier, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2019
  • There will also be local vendors, a silent auction and DJ at the site from 5 to 8 p.m.
    — Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • This year the silent auction includes some big-ticket items.
    — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The people didn’t pay $1,000 a ticket and bid in a silent auction to give homes to the loose teeth that plague our neighborhoods.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
  • This event, organized by the Grand County Blues Society, also features a silent auction and night shows around town.
    — Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024

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