: a portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
Examples of suitcase in a Sentence
She packed her suitcases the night before she left.
it'll be much easier to carry a backpack than to lug that suitcase all over the place
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Amazon’s most affordable Labor Day deals also include travel essentials like Loops earplugs and compressive packing cubes to help maximize the space in your suitcase.
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Don’t bother adjusting your thinking—just add a suitcase and train tickets printed in a foreign language to your life and sip on gin and tonics mid-afternoon rather than during the evening.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Use the suitcase stand to place your bag on an elevated space, away from the bed and the carpet.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Amazon’s most affordable Labor Day deals also include travel essentials like Loops earplugs and compressive packing cubes to help maximize the space in your suitcase.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Don’t bother adjusting your thinking—just add a suitcase and train tickets printed in a foreign language to your life and sip on gin and tonics mid-afternoon rather than during the evening.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Use the suitcase stand to place your bag on an elevated space, away from the bed and the carpet.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for suitcase
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“Suitcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suitcase. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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suitcase
noun
suit·case
ˈsüt-ˌkās 
: a portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
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