How to Use grab bag in a Sentence
grab bag
noun- Congress has proposed a grab bag of tax cuts.
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It’s a grab bag, and in terms of the writing, a slightly mixed bag.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2022
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This is a wide-open grab bag race that has been won by horses over 5-1 26% of the time.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
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Meanwhile, here is the latest grab bag of items to help you along.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Aug. 2020
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All guests will get a grab bag of 3 free comics while supplies last.
—Mike Rose, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2021
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Here are some of the tools in the home security grab bag.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2019
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Out of this grab bag of vérité and offcuts, Jia builds an epic.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
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Bring a potluck dish, a $10 grab bag gift and $3 admission.
—courant.com, 6 Dec. 2019
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That's it—a weird grab bag of some quick settings toggles and one or two Google apps.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2023
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There will also be a silent auction, wine grab bags and more.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
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The Waste Land is an anti-narrative, a grab bag of images that pop in and out of the void.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2022
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Though on the other hand, any one of them from this grab bag assortment might just save the day.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2021
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The rich, though, can rest assured that their tax bills would shrink if this grab bag were to become law.
—Bryce Covert, New Republic, 3 Nov. 2017
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Three men grabbed bags and placed numerous fragrances in the bags.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2019
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For now, there’s a grab bag of upgrades and new additions.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 14 Aug. 2019
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And in many of these boxes, the toys and treats are more than just a grab bag of whatever’s lying around.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 17 May 2022
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Meanwhile, here is the latest grab bag of items of interest to help you along.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 July 2020
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On the surface, Code 8 is essentially a grab bag of sci-fi and genre tropes.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
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Don't be too quick to dismiss the $2-a-pop grab bags, which are usually on display toward the front of the store.
—Beth Kaufman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Feb. 2016
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Every child will get a grab bag with prizes and costumes are welcome.
—cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022
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The White House pointed to a grab bag of outrages in a press release defending Trump’s move.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Mar. 2025
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Many of Breakpoints elements feel rote, like they were pulled out of the big budget video game grab bag.
—Matthew Gault, Time, 11 Oct. 2019
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Plus, there’ll be demonstrations, exhibits, a raffle, a silent auction and grab bags and prizes for the kids.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
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This weekend at Rockport offers a grab bag of music sure to please many tastes.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
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With a business to run and a new baby to take care of, Hailey Bieber may not have time to deal with a giant grab bag of products.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
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With a business to run and a new baby to take care of, Hailey Bieber may not have time to deal with a giant grab bag of products.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
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Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe.
—Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
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Generic generative AI is a grab bag.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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Wow, this pill grab bag goes crazy.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
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One of the best ideas for company gifting is to see who might want to participate in a gift exchange, and then everyone brings a grab bag gift.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
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