raffling
- present participle of raffle.
Example Sentences
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Leigh got the idea after reading a New York Times article about Imelda Collins, who raised about $1.4 million last year by raffling her two-bedroom cottage in Ireland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
They thought it was funny and weird that the event was raffling off a chocolate cake, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
He's already selling greeting cards, T-shirts, hats, wine glasses, footballs, placemats and Christmas ornaments, along with raffling off tickets to see him perform.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
In Russia, some companies tried convincing vaccine-doubters by raffling snowmobiles and cars.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2021
Then he proposed raffling himself off among them at ten pesos a chance.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
