Below you will find example sentences with "shopping bags". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Shopping Bags in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: bags
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "shopping bags" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as all plastic shopping bags at grocery, banning plastic shopping bags increases greenhouse, plastic, reusable and items stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with plastic bags, shopping center, shopping centre, paper bags and reusable bags, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with shopping bags
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
And her storage room houses three oversized woven plastic shopping bags of not-yet-packed items. (16 words)
For £3.50 she bought two shopping bags full of pasta, tinned tomatoes and fresh fruit. (16 words)
Why not opt for reusable plastic bags or cotton shopping bags when you do your grocery shopping? (17 words)
If you’re tired of dragging shopping bags across the parking lot or struggling to carry a few too many items up the stairs, one of the best shopping carts could make your errands a whole lot easier. (38 words)
The new ban will also extend to and silverware, as the government expands a campaign against it started in 2019 when it banned the thicker plastic shopping bags that customers used to carry home their grocery items. (37 words)
While paper is biodegradable and avoids some of the problems of plastic, Taylor says, the huge increase of paper, together with the uptick in plastic trash bags, means banning plastic shopping bags increases greenhouse gas emissions. (36 words)
Why not opt for reusable plastic bags or cotton shopping bags when you do your grocery shopping? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
Why not opt for reusable plastic bags or cotton shopping bags when you do your grocery shopping?
California previously banned thin plastic shopping bags, but shoppers could still buy thicker, supposedly reusable and recyclable bags.
His body was found dressed in pyjamas and had been wrapped with layers of shopping bags, bin bags, and bits of foil.
I bring my own reusable bags to Aldi, which is a requirement and it helps – if you have to buy or bring shopping bags every time, you will remember to bring them.
Similarly avoid plastic packaging, and keep cloth bags handy, rather than "multi-use" shopping bags (which often get minimal reuse).
While paper is biodegradable and avoids some of the problems of plastic, Taylor says, the huge increase of paper, together with the uptick in plastic trash bags, means banning plastic shopping bags increases greenhouse gas emissions.
Free, reusable “Bath Bags” will debut in the coming weeks as the city prepares for an impending ban on the distribution of disposable plastic shopping bags and polystyrene containers.
If you’re tired of dragging shopping bags across the parking lot or struggling to carry a few too many items up the stairs, one of the best shopping carts could make your errands a whole lot easier.
After a short conversation, a police officer lifted the tape to allow her and another woman carting two shopping bags of cleaning supplies through.
And her storage room houses three oversized woven plastic shopping bags of not-yet-packed items.
For £3.50 she bought two shopping bags full of pasta, tinned tomatoes and fresh fruit.
He was holding two shopping bags in his hands and raised one to get the tanks to stop before him.
I remember Muriel still walking up the track from Corris, carrying two shopping bags, at the age of 84.
People carry Macy’s shopping bags in front of the Macy’s Herald Square store on March 02, 2023 in New York City.
Shoplifters typically arrived by bicycle and brazenly loaded items into ‘Bag For Life’ style shopping bags before leaving with their stolen booty.
The foodbank is looking for donations of shopping bags to help with food parcel deliveries in East Lothian.
The new ban will also extend to and silverware, as the government expands a campaign against it started in 2019 when it banned the thicker plastic shopping bags that customers used to carry home their grocery items.
The woman was wearing a royal blue anorak, black V-neck T-shirt, black trousers, white trainers and glasses with black rims on the top and was carrying three shopping bags.
All of this doesn't even include the other stuff that you may put in the trunk, like groceries and shopping bags.
California is banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery store checkouts under legislation that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Sunday.