How to Use sleeping bag in a Sentence

sleeping bag

noun
  • Load with the sleeping bag, then pack the tent, then the cooking gear.
    Jack Baruth, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This was three men, two ropes and one shared sleeping bag.
    John Branch, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Sam slept in a sleeping bag wadded at the center of a king-size bed.
    Kate Folk, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Beats the cost of a tent, sleeping pad, sleeping bag, cook set, etc.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
  • To save time, many sleep four to six hours a night in a sleeping bag shell called a bivouac sack.
    New York Times, 4 July 2022
  • The cold tent stove was reachable from my sleeping bag.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
  • It can be used as a coat, a sleeping bag and an over-the-shoulder bag for the summer.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The base for the beds is ice covered with a reindeer skin topped with a sleeping bag.
    Tom Sietsema, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • For the dog dad who likes to rough it (or ruff it...), this dog sized sleeping bag is the perfect gift.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • The corner of the foam where Bailey’s down sleeping bag would have been laid out was soaked.
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
  • Davin was found in a sleeping bag, with a knife still stuck in his chest and a black trash bag over his head.
    Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The day before the show, the organizers clear the tents, and fans spend the night on the pavement, armed with sleeping bags.
    David Feliba, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Free up some room in your pack by putting your sleeping bag and clothing in one of these.
    Matt Jancer, Wired, 6 Sep. 2021
  • My comfort items were good rain gear and a light sleeping bag.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • While the stranger was ordering, Levin walked to his car and came back with a sleeping bag to give to him.
    Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The sleeping bag is being carried by somebody else, the food, the, the oxygen bottles, the ropes.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2023
  • For much of his life, the only bed that Koudelka would use was a sleeping bag.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Set up a tent, grab some flashlights, sleeping bags and board games.
    Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2020
  • Bring a sleeping bag, and set yourself up far away from city lights.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • No need to buy a new sleeping bag for fall if the weather is merely chilly and not frigid.
    Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The nights were very cool but not cold, just right for a deep sleep in the comfort of a sleeping bag atop an air mattress.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • But that’s not the only use for a sleeping bag liner in a warm climate.
    Suzie Dundas, Outside Online, 19 July 2024
  • The hood on the Eco Trail sleeping bag will keep you especially cozy on cold nights.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 11 July 2023
  • We’d all be lined up all next to each other in sleeping bags on someone’s floor — and the hardwood floors were the worst!
    Josh Chesler, SPIN, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Then, a man was sleeping in a sleeping bag just 0.8 miles away at Lafayette and Howard Streets around 6 a.m. when the stranger approached and shot him.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Tuck one end of the tarp under itself to close it off, and shove your sleeping bag down into the open end.
    Popular Science, 28 May 2020
  • Lodging: Your options include half of a twin bed or a sleeping bag on the floor.
    Anjali Alwis, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Her sleeping bag was found about 2.5 miles from the accident site.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Wilding added, per the outlet, that Virginia wrapped Lois’ body in a sleeping bag and left her in the wardrobe in the upstairs bedroom.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Maalouf’s nights are haunted by fears her yearslong eviction battle will end in sleeping bags on a friend’s floor or worse.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2024

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