How to Use suitcase in a Sentence

suitcase

noun

• She packed her suitcases the night before she left.
• The shirt stayed rolled up in my suitcase the rest of the trip.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• The affidavit adds that $1,100 in cash was in the suitcase with the gun.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2022
• For the past decade, it’s been my one and only suitcase.
  — Nick Guy, wsj.com, 18 Oct. 2023
• Bulky hats run the risk of getting squished in a suitcase.
  — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Oct. 2022
• How did the suitcase of cassettes find its way back to you?
  — Tavi Gevinson, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2022
• The Go is the size of a carry-on suitcase, weighs 50 pounds and can be stored in the trunk (or frunk) of your EV.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2021
• The design of the suitcase is something that also stood out to me.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2023
• That means those that want to take a bottle with them will have to check their suitcase.
  — Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Dec. 2021
• The contents of the suitcase, more or less, told Emil Hess’s life story.
  — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
• The footage showed: Poulos leaving the rental apartment the morning of Jan. 22 with a suitcase that matched the one found at the dump.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• Hodges packed a suitcase, tossed it in the back of his rundown Dodge Dart and turned to his wife, Connie.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2021
• An early Blaupunkt car radio, for instance, cost a third the price of a new car and was the size of a suitcase.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
• Lila grabs a suitcase and transports herself away from the scene.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022
• There’ll be no one to help lug my suitcase, my groceries, my body.
  — Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 6 Feb. 2024
• Barry Doane grabbed his cat, some cat food, a suitcase full of clothes and not much else.
  — Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
• The mailer showed a photo of a rat toting a wheeled suitcase.
  — Cortney O'Brien, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
• Skip the all-in-one record players that fold into a suitcase, said Ms. Nebel.
  — Tim Barribeau, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• This pair of shoes won’t take up a ton of room in your suitcase and can serve as your one go-to pair of sneakers for the week.
  — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2024
• Wiese-Mack’s body in a silver suitcase and put the bag in the trunk of a taxi before fleeing the hotel.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021
• Inside the trunk, a suitcase contained the body of Correia.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• Every inch of the suitcase serves to get the job done (a.k.a. hold as much as possible).
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
• The airline instructed me to send the suitcase to a repair agent in Texas.
  — Christopher Elliott The Travel Troubleshooter, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
• Pack it all up and toss it in the bottom of your suitcase for your next flight, or put it in your backpack and head for the hills.
  — Joe Ray, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2023
• The suitcase also features the U-shape zipper in the front to open up and top-load the suitcase with clothes, shoes, and more.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
• This room had a suitcase record player with the first Ramones album on the turntable.
  — Andrew Martin, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• Her body was found days later in a suitcase along a roadway.
  — Jake Offenhartz and Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
• The first of a string of Instagram posts the rapper shared showed a video of a man packing his suitcase.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2022
• My sister-in-law has yet to pull it out of a suitcase looking anything other than perfect.
  — Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
• Another ludicrous reality became clear—the battery on the scooter ran out, which turned out to be fine, because his dog had followed him on its own rideable suitcase.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 24 Mar 2025