DONATION in a Sentence

Learn DONATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

43 example sentences for DONATION, such as:

1. He donated a site for a Hope School.
2. The professor donated his books to the library.
3. He donated a large sum of money to the orphanage.
4. She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.
5. An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.

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 Meanings and Examples of DONATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
donation
 n.  grant; act of giving to a fund or cause
Classic Sentence:
1  It was by far the largest single donation which up to that time the school had ever received.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
2  I not only had this twenty-five cents for my breakfast, but within a few minutes I had a donation from the lady on whom I had started to call.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
3  This he has done, whether it was to make a personal donation or to use his influence in securing the donations of others.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
4  He sought out Mrs. Elsing to make this donation and embarrassedly begged that she keep his gift a secret, knowing very well that this would spur her to spreading the news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
5  The leaders of the mercenaries received a donation in gold; an argument the most persuasive to their minds, and without which all others would have proved in vain.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  The most of this money was obtained by holding festivals and concerts, and from small individual donations.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
7  Besides the gift of these buildings, they have made other generous donations to the school.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
8  I noted that just in proportion as the usefulness of the school grew, his donations increased.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
9  His generous donations to local and county charities have been frequently chronicled in these columns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
10  The carriage and horse she donated to the hospital in a burst of patriotism which she immediately regretted and that brought on more tears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  They then repeated their cry of Largesse, to which Cedric, in the height of his joy, replied by an ample donative, and to which Athelstane, though less promptly, added one equally large.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
16  We would be relieved of those pesky, never-ending requests for donations from Congress members flooding our in-boxes and mailboxes.
17  A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.
18  She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.
19  Tons of internationally donated food was distributed to the starving peasants.
20  He donated a large sum of money to the orphanage.
21  An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
22  The professor donated his books to the library.
23  The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous.
24  He donated a site for a Hope School.
25  At the same time, the bank president said the money donated must be well spent, in a predictable, transparent, strategic and effective manner.
26  In his role as philanthropist and public benefactor, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., donated millions to charity; as an individual, however, he was a tight-fisted old man.
27  Beneath a lustrous 33-metre bronze statue of Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of mercy, a young monk tallies the cash donated by visiting faithful.
28  Empty seats have been as ubiquitous at the Rio Olympics venues as Brazilian flags and yellow soccer kits; the organizers donated a massive amount of tickets to less-populated events to underprivileged children even makes things worse.
29  People donate money, put their names to a petition urging governments to do more to fight AIDS.
30  It says malnutrition rates are close to emergency levels and is calling on the public to donate money for clean water, medicine and sanitation.