BAG in a Sentence

Learn BAG 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.
288 example sentences for BAG, such as:
1. I've left my bag in the car.
2. He packed a few things into a bag.
3. He nipped in and took my bag back.
4. I lost my bag in the ensuing chaos.
5. The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of BAG
bag
 v.  bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
 n.  a flexible container with a single opening
Classic Sentence: (176 in 12 pages)
1  When he entered the kitchen it was empty, but Mattie's bag and shawl lay ready by the door.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  They went back into the kitchen without speaking, and Ethan picked up her bag and shawl.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  "Come on," he said almost gaily, opening the door and putting her bag into the sleigh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  Mammy followed at a few paces, the leather bag in her hand, her underlip pushed out and her brow lowering.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  He came slowly into the house and, laying down his hat and bag, kissed both the girls silently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  Atlanta's in a bag and the strings of the bag are at Jonesboro.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  One bag of dried peas had burst and the peas strewed themselves into the street.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  Sometimes he returned with game, sometimes with a few ears of corn, a bag of dried peas.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
9  And when that day comes I shall pack my bag and leave Atlanta forever.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  Archie thought, and frequently said, that Grandpa was an old bag of wind and Archie had no intention of letting him insult Miss Melanie's husband, even if Miss Melanie's husband was talking like a fool.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
11  The back door swung open and India entered, followed by old Dr. Dean, his long white hair tumbled, his worn leather bag bulging under his cape.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
12  Never before or after did the names Republican and Scallawag carry such odium, for now the corruption of the Carpet bag regime was at its height.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
13  The bag is full of treasures and of memories: a leather buckle, an ancient band-concert program, scraps of ribbon, lace, satin.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
14  Two facing seats, overflowing with a Slovene iron-miner's family, are littered with shoes, dolls, whisky bottles, bundles wrapped in newspapers, a sewing bag.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
15  In it were an obviously prosperous man and a black-haired, fine-skinned girl whose pumps rested on an immaculate horsehide bag.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (112 in 8 pages)
1  The thief stabbed me in the arm with a knife as he seized my bag.
2  He rugby tackled her and stole her bag.
3  The police emptied her bag and examined the contents.
4  He hastily stuffed a few clothes into a bag.
5  He strapped the bag onto his bicycle.
6  I got my bag caught in the wheel of my bicycle.
7  Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train.
8  I can't open my bag - the zip has stuck.
9  I lost my bag in the ensuing chaos.
10  He nipped in and took my bag back.
11  She identified the bag as hers by saying what it contained.
12  He packed a few things into a bag.
13  I've left my bag in the car.
14  The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
15  Take this bag, and leave everything else to me.