shopping bag

noun

: a bag (as of strong paper) that has handles and is intended for carrying purchases

Examples of shopping bag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hanging from the fence was a backpack and a reusable shopping bag — each containing a plate capable of stopping small arms fire, according to prosecutors. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

Jenkins was detained by the employees without cause and forced to empty her shopping bags, which contained items from other stores and receipts, according to the legal filing. —Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025

Sometimes Apple lets customers get ahead of the curve by choosing their preferred phone (model, color and storage level) the night before and put them in their shopping bag ready for pre-orders to open the following day. —David Phelan, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025

Finding her thus deflated, carrying a dozen or so tiny shopping bags and with nothing but 70 percent cacao cupcakes to cheer her, Conrad gamely offers to accompany her to the florist. —Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shopping bag

• bundestag
• saddlebag
• ag
• brag
• dag
• drag
• flag
• gag
• hag
• hagg
• lag
• mag