Explore Bag through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like container or luggage. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Bag meaning
- A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
- One's preference.
Synonyms of Bag
Using Bag
- The main meaning on this page is: A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods. | A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc. | One's preference.
- Useful related words include: container, luggage, baggage, suitcase.
- Possible Dutch translations are: zak, tas.
- In the example corpus, bag often appears in combinations such as: the bag, bag and, bag of.
Context around Bag
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bag
- In this selection, "bag" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plastic, balloon, belt, limits, include and trick stand out and add context to how "bag" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a 5 bag sale march, a fertiliser bag put the, plastic bag, bag containing and sleeping bag. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bag" sits close to words such as boat, sam and netflix, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bag
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
China’s balloon bag industry leads the world in advanced balloon bag technology. (13 words)
After the shooting, Dumas ordered Whitworth to put the handguns in a bag, but there wasn't a bag available. (20 words)
Michael was also carrying a floral shopping bag, a black bin bag and a white carrier bag at the time he went missing, police added. (25 words)
However, the car got bogged, forcing Della Franca to walk 15km back to his farm where he put Mr Ditri's body in a fertiliser bag, put the bag into an apple crate and discarded the bag at an unattended farm he used for sheep. (45 words)
The Goop bag reimagines VeeCollective’s porter bag — a staple gym, travel, laptop and everyday bag — dyed in Goop’s signature pink hue with a detachable pouch and shoulder strap in a complementary beige tone with Goop’s logo. (39 words)
Bag limits main Bag limits are provisions under the law that control how many animals of a given species or group of species can be killed, although there are often species for which bag limits do not apply. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Alternative American names for the mojo bag include hand, mojo hand, conjure hand, lucky hand, conjure bag, trick bag, root bag, toby, jomo, and gris-gris bag.
Michael was also carrying a floral shopping bag, a black bin bag and a white carrier bag at the time he went missing, police added.
There will be a $5 bag sale March 30 and April 1. Fill a bag for $5 or fill a trademark library bag for $8.
Furthermore, Marsha Borden fixated on the beading of plastic bags, titling them the “Stitched Bag Series” Each bag was embedded with beautiful, sparkling jewels, causing the viewer to be absorbed by the transformation of the plastic bag.
However, the car got bogged, forcing Della Franca to walk 15km back to his farm where he put Mr Ditri's body in a fertiliser bag, put the bag into an apple crate and discarded the bag at an unattended farm he used for sheep.
Non-priority customers who have not added a bag to their booking can still purchase a 10kg Check-in bag at the airport bag drop desk for £35.99.
The Goop bag reimagines VeeCollective’s porter bag — a staple gym, travel, laptop and everyday bag — dyed in Goop’s signature pink hue with a detachable pouch and shoulder strap in a complementary beige tone with Goop’s logo.
He said, ‘Take my trousers, put them in Srinath’s bag, and pull out his trousers and keep it away wherever you can, be it in your bag, be it in my bag.
Austin Fire Chief Jim McCoy said the bag was smoldering despite the rain, and when firefighters attempted to spray water on the bag there was a “pop”, and the bag flamed up.
Bag limits main Bag limits are provisions under the law that control how many animals of a given species or group of species can be killed, although there are often species for which bag limits do not apply.
Boil-in-the-bag seeAlso Also known as "boil-in-bag", this involves heating or cooking ready-made foods sealed in a thick plastic bag.
These units comprise a bag which contains the buoyancy bladder and the cylinder, with a harness and regulator components which are stored in the bag and unfolded to the working position when the bag is unzipped.
After the shooting, Dumas ordered Whitworth to put the handguns in a bag, but there wasn't a bag available.
China’s balloon bag industry leads the world in advanced balloon bag technology.
During investigation, Jasvir Singh told police that a scooter-borne man had kept the gunny bag at his shop stating that he will return in a few minutes and will take the bag.
I cannot even explain how useful these bag holders are if — like me — you always find it tricky to pour your soup at the same time as holding the bag.
If you tend to carry a bit more than the Everywhere Belt Bag can fit, the 2.5L City Adventurer Belt Bag may be an ideal option.
In front of a fire station in Palm Springs, Calif., residents crowded around a pit of sand on Saturday afternoon under gray clouds, using shovels to fill bag after bag.
Initially encased in a large bin-liner bag, the discovery was made after the bag had been ripped open and the material, covered in urine and faecal matter, was strewn across the road.
It then grabs the bag using its new gripper hands, skips up some steps, jumps onto a platform, and then throws the bag up to the next level to the waiting worker.
Phrases with bag
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with bag
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bag 64×
- bag and 24×
- bag of 21×
- bag is 13×
- bag the 12×
- bag was 11×
- bag for 10×
- bag in 9×
- plastic bag 8×
- bag to 7×