How To Use Secondhand In A Sentence
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Once you have a theme in mind, take a moment to inventory the decorative objects you already have around your house, then hit secondhand stores to complete the look you've chosen.
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But what of the secondhand and antiquarian bookshops?
Times, Sunday Times
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With demand continuing to exceed supply, good secondhand family homes in mature suburban locations remain at a premium in the capital.
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She had made my wedding dress and sewn sequins onto a secondhand hat.
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They cost nine pounds new, three pounds secondhand.
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In all this, the great precursor is the strongly drawn King Dahfu in Henderson the Rain King, who makes splendid use of his secondhand English when addressing his massive and worried American guest as follows:
The Great Assimilator
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I have recently obtained secondhand copies of the books in question and they turn out to be very presentable indeed.
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If forehead and eyebrow bend ministry are contused to want to note the eyesight case of seasonable self-check eye, preliminary judgement has injure secondhand without optic nerve.
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You almost became addicted to him somehow," Ms. Burton said later, recalling drafty mornings in Hoxton Square (she, in a coat, sitting on a too-low stool at the secondhand cutting table,
Post-gazette.com - News
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What if “secondhand,” “used” or “preowned” signified an attractive, desirable option for everyone, rather than a poverty-driven necessity?
THE STORY OF STUFF
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For some time, Jenny had made do with secondhand tack for her horse, a sorrel gelding named Kiddo.
DEVIL'S CLAW
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In other words, no ventilation system can remove the harmful elements in secondhand smoke from the air - even if the room doesn't smell smoky.
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Many asthmatics struggle with secondhand smoke, so it's not a surprise that you are struggling with asthma again since you started smoking.
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There are no secondhand PE kits or musty old jumpers on sale though.
The Sun
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Too much to pay for on layaway, too much to buy secondhand, if you have to ask you can't afford it, and nobody could, or should be able to.
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He can't even afford a secondhand cell phone, not to speak of a brand - new one.
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a secondhand report
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No Arlott journey of the middle years was without a chart of secondhand bookshops, antiquarian caves.
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Do you think you can chisel me out of a fortune and then prance over here and try me on like a secondhand suit?
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Passive or secondhand smoking means breathing other people's smoke and this can have serious health risks.
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Her role was to sell more secondhand cars and she threw herself into the role by visiting 40 car dealerships in the first few weeks.
Times, Sunday Times
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Bisecting the main room is a floor-to-ceiling femur from a prison production of "King Kong" (bought secondhand) which stands against the wall.
Michael Cunningham and a new generation of writers transcend 'gay literature'
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Case of HarlechHigh Street, Harlech, Gwynedd LL462YA, 01766780231Over the 30 years that the current owner has run Case of Harlech, the balance of stock has gradually shifted towards secondhand books.
Independent bookshops in Wales
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Secondhand smoke exposure was validated further using a short-term biomarker of exposure-the Level of cot nine in the umbilical cord blood at the time of delivery.
Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Children's Health
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Always check the mileage before you buy a secondhand car.
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At his company's offices in cities like New York, Hong Kong and Palm Beach, clients head to plushly appointed private rooms to sell their jewels to buyers — a different experience from the cash-for-gold pawnshop-type experience or the high-commission public auctions that traditionally dominated the secondhand jewelry market.
A $200,000 Upgrade
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What really rubbed salt into the wound, was that some of the aircraft were even purchased secondhand.
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Secondhand 10-or 12-inch cast iron skillets can be better than new ones.
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The wonky lights have been malfunctioning for so long, and so often, a rumour spread in the area that the equipment was, in fact, secondhand when it was installed.
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If forehead and eyebrow bend ministry are contused to want to note the eyesight case of seasonable self-check eye, preliminary judgement has injure secondhand without optic nerve.
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Beneath her clothes and other personal items, several thousand dollars for the secondhand Mercedes that Monye planned to buy from a dealer in Cotonou lay under the duffel’s false bottom.
Night Bus
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Rich widow are only secondhand goods that sell at first - class price.
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He also raided secondhand vinyl shops in search of obscure sounds to sample.
The Sun
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What changed his life was finding an old map in a secondhand bookstore.
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The tenth cat had lost the ability to miaow through secondhand smoke and instead croaked through a voicebox, but to play it safe and not skew the results too favorably I decided to err on the side of caution and discount his vote.
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There are no secondhand PE kits or musty old jumpers on sale though.
The Sun
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By the early 80s, it had an arthouse cinema, club nights run by the soon-to-be-famous Factory Records, and even a "Hulme look" of intense youths in baggy secondhand suits.
A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley – review
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Basic equipment for this was a tractor, plough, grubber, drill and a set of harrows and bought secondhand at clearing sales they were not too expensive.
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Now the honest word secondhand is relegated to the ash heap of dysphemism.
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Always check the mileage before you buy a secondhand car.
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Finally, I decided I'd trade in the cabriolet and invest in another secondhand car.
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Do you know where I can get hold of a secondhand carpet cleaner?
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I bought a secondhand chair which is as good as new.
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What changed his life was finding an old map in a secondhand bookstore.
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Those who don't need their style spoon-fed to them will dig the Rochester institution known as Godiva's (653 South Ave, 244-3370), which is packed with great vintage clothing and accessories, choice secondhand duds, as well as cool military surplus.
Rochester City Newspaper
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most of our knowledge is secondhand
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Q Has the wet weather had any impact on secondhand convertible prices?
Times, Sunday Times
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From blenders to eggbeaters, it's all here, somewhere, in this deliciously jumbled secondhand-cookware store.
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Consequently, a large amount of secondhand homes are coming onto the market and there's a glut of supply.
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bought a secondhand (or used) car
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The Fair lays claim to being Britain's largest antiquarian book fair with over 200 leading booksellers specialising in antiquarian and secondhand books, maps, prints and ephemera.
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They buy a secondhand sub that sounds fine as it purrs its way out of Faslane, but a day out of port, the vessel is swept by a serious fire. The Canadians are far too polite to say as much, but they feel as though they've been had.
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But what of the secondhand and antiquarian bookshops?
Times, Sunday Times
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The tenth cat had lost the ability to miaow through secondhand smoke and instead croaked through a voicebox, but to play it safe and not skew the results too favorably I decided to err on the side of caution and discount his vote.
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Q Has the wet weather had any impact on secondhand convertible prices?
Times, Sunday Times
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Secondhand shops are prime hunting grounds for special-occasion baby and toddler clothes such as christening and holiday outfits and fancy party duds that have been worn only once or twice (if at all).
Baby clothing: Consider used
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But does it necessarily make a secondhand diesel a good buy?
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Will Crooks, a cooper living in extreme poverty in East London, once spent tuppence on a secondhand Iliad, and was dazzled.
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Health Minister Leire Pajin said around 50,000 people died each year in Spain as a result of smoking-related illnesses, with around 1,200 of those being nonsmokers who inhaled secondhand smoke.
Spain Enacts Tough Anti-Smoking Law
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The study did not find an association between secondhand smoke exposure and decay in permanent teeth.
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a secondhand account of a memory of something once read
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Wheezing and coughing are also more common in children who breathe secondhand smoke.
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It is talking to secondhand furniture retailers and expects to launch a vintage section next year.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her capital was the grand total of two hundred and thirty eight pula and forty-five thebe, and that would buy, at the most, one secondhand typewriter.
The Kalahari Typing School For Men
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Fascinating discoveries from second hand bookshops and chainstore threefertwos alike pile up on the shelves, taunting you with your laziness and their unreadness; novels that have been read are no better, merely taking up space as you slowly forget their plot and characters, destined to either be lugged from house to house as you move, or given away as fodder for Oxfam in its quest to become the Tesco of secondhand bookselling.
August « 2009 « Squares of Wheat
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Secondhand smoke is even more dangerous than directly inhaled smoke and kills more than 3,000 non-smoking Canadians a year.
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he prefers to buy secondhand
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I've seen these fantastic sleeves in secondhand record stores without realising they were by him.
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There are countless jobs and professions that are far more dangerous than serving food or drink in the presence of secondhand smoke.
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I think secondhand accounts or summaries can be very useful simply because they allow us a quick grasp on a subject.
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What really rubbed salt into the wound, was that some of the aircraft were even purchased secondhand.
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Do you know where I can get hold of a secondhand carpet cleaner?
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Children exposed to secondhand smoke are also more likely to have reduced lung function and symptoms of respiratory irritation like cough, excess phlegm, and wheeze.
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He recycled where possible from the site and sourced secondhand items where necessary.
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The following spring, other birds - including bluebirds, tree swallows, house wrens and a host of other secondary cavity-nesting species - scout out and lay claim to these secondhand houses.
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Secondhand clothing (mitumba) is generally worn by poorer people.
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It was also a thoroughfare for the gay equipages of the square, which passed through it daily on their way to and from the adjoining stables, thereby endangering the lives of precocious babies who could crawl, but could not walk away from home, as well as affording food for criticism and scandal, not to mention the leaving behind of a species of secondhand odour of gentility such as coachmen and footmen can give forth.
Fighting the Flames
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The shop sells secondhand goods on commission.
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The Secondhand Gypsies played "Brooklyn Baladi", so I tried to dance it with my new, humongous zills...but I mistakenly put them on the wrong fingers, so one zill kept slipping off.
June 29th, 2009
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He also raided secondhand vinyl shops in search of obscure sounds to sample.
The Sun
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Her role was to sell more secondhand cars and she threw herself into the role by visiting 40 car dealerships in the first few weeks.
Times, Sunday Times
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Indeed, the threat to ‘public health’ by drunken drivers is more immediate and colorable than the threat posed by secondhand smoke.
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I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand
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Mounting their own protest of sorts, wealthy adolescent girls will insist on buying their clothes secondhand.
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Where? says Alf. And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, talking to him like a father, trying to sell him a secondhand coffin. —
Ulysses
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In Galway city both the new and secondhand residential property markets were equally active.
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He decided to use his secondhand perception of that world to articulate his own fantasies of rebellion against the mainstream.
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Secondhand smoke is even more dangerous than directly inhaled smoke and kills more than 3,000 non-smoking Canadians a year.
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Yet somehow this secondhand concoction sparked an American furore.
Times, Sunday Times
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This gear isn't secondhand - it's 'pre-loved'.
Times, Sunday Times
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Quality underpinners, choppers and saws are available secondhand at reasonable prices for framers who do their homework.
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they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car
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The sun was shining and we passed a secondhand car dealer and saw a blue convertible BMW.
Times, Sunday Times
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Amid growing evidence that secondhand smoke is causing cancers and possibly a range of other health problems in pets, many groups are intensifying efforts to encourage people to stop smoking — if not for their own sake, then for their animals '.
Another reason to stop smoking: Your pets' health
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Children's warm clothes, new (not secondhand) lungis and dhotis for men. sturdy saris in wearable condition, rice and dal are welcome.
Archive 2007-11-01
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Indeed, the threat to ‘public health’ by drunken drivers is more immediate and colorable than the threat posed by secondhand smoke.
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It drives his wife mad, he says, as we pootle through the suburbs of Nashville in his battered Toyota pickup a stick shift; they're much cheaper secondhand – she just wants him to go from A to B along the most direct roads.
Kurt Wagner on Lambchop, Nashville – and being seen as a redneck
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Better yet, you can breathe deeply and not choke on secondhand smoke.
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Neumann proved this with many of his very realistic settings, where he uses secondhand cloths or materials like carton or corrugated iron.
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You want to buy a car and, in these credit-crunched times, secondhand looks like the sensible choice.
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In this sense, the caricaturist is the least godlike, most secondhand of all artists.
Kalooki Nights
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The bar was condemned anew as a den of iniquity, black with the sins of alcohol and secondhand smoke.
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Buying a secondhand car is a risky business .
