raffle
noun
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
was raffling
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past progressiveof raffle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Jennie Bailey's friends thought she was "bonkers" when she told them she was raffling her family's £325,000 home for £5 a ticket.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
They thought it was funny and weird that the event was raffling off a chocolate cake, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
After she showed up with a TV news crew at a local Republican fund raiser that was raffling off a 9-mm handgun, Price gained the attention of other local media and legislators.
From Time Magazine Archive
Italian Settler Passoni, an enterprising sort, was raffling off boxes of groceries.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I bought a chance from a little kid just the other day. They beautiful rosaries. A lady I know won the outboard motor the sisters was raffling last year.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
