Definition of BAGFUL

Examples of bagful in a Sentence

She always has a bagful of stories.

Recent Examples on the Web

Books were being checked out by the bagful; there were lines at the circulation desk. — Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books, "In Praise of Public Libraries," 18 Apr. 2019 Go heavy on the garnishes: Slice a bagful of lemons into wheels and wedges and grab a few bunches of fresh herbs. — Marian Bull, GQ, "—Peter Meehan, Author Of An Upcoming Barbecue Book And Former Editor Of," 27 June 2018 In short, crisply readable chapters, Greenblatt limns a bagful of Shakespeare’s tyrants. — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, "Stephen Greenblatt’s ‘Tyrant’ joins this year’s crop of hate reads," 2 May 2018 The evidence discovered along the way was presented, one plastic bagful at a time, before jurors in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, Day 3 in the trial of the man accused of setting off the bomb on Sept. 17, 2016, Ahmad Khan Rahimi. — Michael Wilson, New York Times, "Agents Recall Meticulous Sweep for Scraps After Chelsea Bombing," 4 Oct. 2017 Several farms sold freshly picked peaches by the bagful. — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, "Farmers Market Hosts Peach Festival," 23 Aug. 2017 Because of this, savvy Southerners freeze bagfuls or preserve the fruit whole or as jam. — Jill Warren Lucas, charlotteobserver, "Southern Living deemed her cake cookbook ‘essential.’ How about her fruit cookbook?," 8 Aug. 2017 If pills cost 50 cents in Congo but $5,000 in New York City, there's a very strong incentive to jump on a plane in Congo with a bagful and resell them in New York. — Lawrence Lessig, WIRED, "Stop Making Pills Political Prisoners," 1 Feb. 2004 Taralli (breadsticks) were stored by the gallon bagful in her oversized GE freezer in her house or in the annex freezer, a 60 year-old monster that's probably still chugging away in the back pantry, too heavy to bother moving. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit, "My Love For the Freezer Knows No Bounds," 26 Apr. 2017

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