Examples of grocery bag in a Sentence
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The first girl to become sick—called the index patient—had used a bathroom where a grocery bag of snacks was being stored.
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Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The grocery bag lookalike morphed into a shimmering flesh-colored creature as the submersible got closer.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
Displaced mother Inas Al-Masry, who has a pair of twins as well as an older daughter who all need diapers, was using what looked like a tiny pair of shorts fashioned out of the transparent pink plastic of a grocery bag to protect one of her babies.
—Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
Brown brightens when Julian Prado, a tall 29-year-old with a nose piercing and black mustache, walks in toting a grocery bag with fresh ingredients for veggie tacos.
—Molly Castle Work | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
The snacks were long gone, the paper grocery bag stuffed with their trash.
—Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
One woman has fashioned a top out of a plastic grocery bag.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Kate carried their towels and snacks in a paper grocery bag.
—Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Armed robbery An iPhone, debit/credit and insurance cards and a grocery bag containing cash were reported stolen July 13 when a man allegedly entered a vehicle parked in the 1000 block of Lake Street, gave verbal demands and struck male in the vehicle with a handgun.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The grocery bag lookalike morphed into a shimmering flesh-colored creature as the submersible got closer.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
Displaced mother Inas Al-Masry, who has a pair of twins as well as an older daughter who all need diapers, was using what looked like a tiny pair of shorts fashioned out of the transparent pink plastic of a grocery bag to protect one of her babies.
—Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
Brown brightens when Julian Prado, a tall 29-year-old with a nose piercing and black mustache, walks in toting a grocery bag with fresh ingredients for veggie tacos.
—Molly Castle Work | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
The snacks were long gone, the paper grocery bag stuffed with their trash.
—Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
One woman has fashioned a top out of a plastic grocery bag.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Kate carried their towels and snacks in a paper grocery bag.
—Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Armed robbery An iPhone, debit/credit and insurance cards and a grocery bag containing cash were reported stolen July 13 when a man allegedly entered a vehicle parked in the 1000 block of Lake Street, gave verbal demands and struck male in the vehicle with a handgun.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
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“Grocery bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20bag. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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