How to Use pack away in a Sentence

pack away

phrasal verb
  • It’s packed away with the blue bird hat and veil, all ready for the night’s theme.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 22 June 2023
  • The Legos were packed away and sent to younger cousins.
    Joe Heim, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Eager to pack away your puffer coat and get going on spring shopping?
    Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And all this packs away in my carry-on-friendly Monos Metro toiletry case.
    Karthika Gupta, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Some of us are dying to pack away our denim shorts and iced coffees and swap out our knits and sweatpants.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
  • My older Steam Deck is now packed away as a backup device.
    Gene Park, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The wreath was still packed away in six crates, virtually untouched since Féron had boxed them up.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • There’s even a small cubby built into the suitcase for storing the TV’s remote when the screen is packed away, and the whole device weighs around 30lbs.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Totes can be dressed up or down, can be packed away in a suitcase, or used as a carry-on depending on how large it- is.
    Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2024
  • In just a couple of minutes, the diving station that had taken at least ten minutes to set up was packed away.
    Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Compact enough to pack away into a personal item, the easy-to-use scale can weigh your luggage in both pounds and kilograms.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
  • And thanks to the lightweight form of these shoes, they can be easily packed away to bring with you on the road without taking up too much space in your suitcase.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Once there are a few days filled with cooler temperatures, many people rush to pack away shorts and tank tops and trade them out for jeans and sweaters.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Wednesday, that floor was packed away, the team playing a regular old basketball game for a prize that’s more than a half-year away.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Game 7 would have been at the Garden Monday night — after the bull gang packed away the parquet for the summer and cleaned Celtic confetti from the lower bowl.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • But, in an amusing turn of events, the cartoon characters lead an escape with the help of dynamite that Pouchy packed away.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
  • To access a gene, the chromatin must be unpacked in a way that reveals the precise location of the gene and then packed away again afterwards.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Deflating and packing away the mattress took just a couple minutes thanks to the Boston valve and spacious stuff sack.
    Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That same dollhouse is currently packed away in her attic with a bin full of furniture.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The polyester and nylon blend material is odor-resistant and dries quickly to pack away or use again.
    Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The vibrant decorations are packed away, but winter is still here.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Amazon has a waterproof dog bed that can be packed away as easily as a sleeping bag.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But look closer—some wipe sleep from their eyes, others hastily pack away make up bags, and a few may unwind a travel pillow from around their neck.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • For many years, this latest proof to go to auction went undiscovered, packed away in storage in rural England.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
  • What might happen if those hours were packed away, put in cases and stuffed in a corner—not forgotten, but repurposed?
    Cameron Carr, Longreads, 18 June 2024
  • Once the leftovers are packed away and the last scoop of the baked macaroni and cheese has been taken, Black households across America begin preparations to bring in the New Year.
    Essence, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Their bottles are easy to pack away and can filter out 99.9% of harmful contaminants in most water sources.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Armed with this new information, the brothers discovered the images packed away in a London loft.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The spacious tote is 14 inches wide and 9 inches deep, offering you plenty of room to pack away laptops, water bottles, and more.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The new electric one – a standalone vehicle that's not packaged with a car – can be packed away in 30 seconds, and people seem to like it for what it's built to do: first- and last-mile rides in a tiny form factor.
    New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2024

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