Example Sentences

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I am selling the jewelry and trying to understand how I determine the cost basis — her death or his death?

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

"Now I am selling at a loss and hardly get any customers."

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

“I am selling almost all physical possessions,” he tweeted three days before X was born.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023

"I am selling clothes, perfume, food like pasta macaroni. It is a big shop," Shuke says.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023

I have called," he said, "to see whether I can interest you in a set of books I am selling.

From Tish by Rinehart, Mary Roberts