How to Use shopping bag in a Sentence

shopping bag

noun
  • The drugs were found inside a shopping bag in the back seat.
    oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The Store icon is the orange one with a little shopping bag.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
  • From here, click on the little blue shopping bag icon on your taskbar.
    WIRED, 28 June 2023
  • The duo stood on a curb surrounded by shopping bags and their dog in tow.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Behind the desk was a brown Telfar shopping bag perched on a chair.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The man places the shopping bag in the basket of his bicycle and rides down the aisle toward the bystanders.
    Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2021
  • He was wrapped in a sheet, several shopping bags and a trash bag.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2024
  • The suspects were able to take a shopping bag from her hands before fleeing the area.
    Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The next day, Phineas dropped a shopping bag through the window of an informant’s car.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The woman scanned one item and put a different item in a shopping bag.
    Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales both wore casual clothes and carried a shopping bag.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Biden emerged from The Black Dog holding a small brown paper shopping bag.
    Darlene Superville, ajc, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Julia Roberts with all her shopping bags on Rodeo Drive.
    Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2024
  • If you're headed out to Publix, don't forget your shopping bags – and leave the pup at home.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a hanging hook for a purse or shopping bag in the glovebox which folds away when not needed.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 17 July 2021
  • Lily reached into a shopping bag and pulled out three flower crowns.
    David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Leave it in your trunk to keep your belongings neat and tidy, or use it to bring in shopping bags and groceries in one go.
    Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The employee said the man entered the store with a large shopping bag, placed the athletic shoes inside, and then left the store.
    Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 18 July 2021
  • Some people walking by with shopping bags joined in on the heckling.
    Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The victim winced and reared back just as the stranger, believed to be about 50, swung a plastic shopping bag in the air, striking the pedestrian in the head, the video shows.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
  • On the drive, the emir would stop to hand commanders fistfuls of cash from the shopping bag under Padnos’ jump seat.
    Karl Vick, Time, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Suddenly, a young man in a white shirt and dark pants, holding shopping bags in his hands, approached the first tank.
    Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
  • There were bicycles, golf clubs and a shopping bag full of narcotics.
    Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The other dragged Trish McKay into the street, in front of the Camry, while trying to wrest the shopping bags away from her.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • Leather With its shopping bag-like appearance, this tote from Medea is a cheeky play on a leather handbag.
    Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2022
  • For all of the lovers of the Telfar shopping bag, the brand has partnered up with UGG for an exciting collection.
    Nandi Howard, Essence, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The sweater found its way from Ms. Miramontes’ shopping bag to a lab and now a lawsuit in federal court in New York.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 June 2022
  • Each bag, about the size of a large shopping bag, contains enough for about 5 million to 10 million doses of vaccine.
    Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The Cross Bottle came from a consumer who said people have a lot of stuff to carry: phone, keys, wallet, laptop, gym bag, shopping bags, and their Stanley.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The complaint claims security footage from Saturday, Aug. 24, shows Pandey outside her apartment with shopping bags while Shah allegedly points a gun at her and compels her to enter the home.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024

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