How to Use make a sale in a Sentence

make a sale

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Definition of make a salenext
  • Indeed, the brilliance of a stone or the intricacy of the setting is no longer enough to make a sale.
    — Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Aug. 2020
  • In the vendor hall, Louisville native Dan Oliver was working hard to make a sale.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Trade shows are a place where people network, try new gadgets or make a sale.
    — Joseph Pisani, Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
  • The best way to build trust is not to try and make a sale — especially at the very start of a relationship.
    — Anna Jankowska, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • That’s a win for retailers, who save on gas, postage and labor and get another chance to make a sale.
    — Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • That’s a win for retailers, who save on gas, postage and labor, and get another chance to make a sale.
    — Jaclyn Peiser, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Attention is the initial spark every business needs to make a sale.
    — Ellevate, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • As with all mattresses, the list price is inflated to make a sale seem more appealing.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • While this is a basic overview of the steps needed to make a sale, there's a lot more nuance and skill involved to be a successful salesperson.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • And by putting work in blockchain, there’s the potential for the creator to actually make a sale off it — because their names are registered to their art.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2021
  • The goal is to detect our close approach to a nearby business that is looking to make a sale, so the company can ping you with a text message urging you to buy.
    — Hiawatha Bray, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2014
  • So, this idea that the journalists are trying to make a sale – to serve a customer – that’s a little bit different than the spirit of journalism that underlies our company.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The controversy over Ye’s antisemitic remarks may make a sale more difficult.
    — Ben Sisario, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Some accounts said Ogorchukwu had complimented Ferlazzo’s companion while trying to make a sale or ask for spare change.
    — Colleen Barry, ajc, 6 Aug. 2022
  • And the world's technical and economic elite start looking for quick fixes and opportunities to make a sale, spreading their opinions (whether quarter-, half-, or fully baked) on social media.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 11 Nov. 2020
  • But the discussions of an alternative arrangement began after the Chinese government imposed new regulations on technology exports that complicated any effort to make a sale to a U.S. technology giant like Microsoft.
    — Harold Maass, TheWeek, 10 Sep. 2020

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