On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sandbag. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as bag or mislead and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sandbag meaning
- A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
- A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel.
- An engraver's leather cushion, etc.
Synonyms of Sandbag
Using Sandbag
- The main meaning on this page is: A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel. | A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel. | An engraver's leather cushion, etc.
- Useful related words include: bag, mislead, misinform, hit.
- In the example corpus, sandbag often appears in combinations such as: the sandbag, to sandbag, sandbag on.
Context around Sandbag
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sandbag
- In this selection, "sandbag" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, water, black, small, sites, line and fort stand out and add context to how "sandbag" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sandbag can serve and a small sandbag fort up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sandbag" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sandbag
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
See below for sand and sandbag locations. (7 words)
It resembled a small black sandbag on the stage. (9 words)
She planned to sandbag the door of her townhouse. (9 words)
The resistance involved is often a weighted object such as a medicine ball or sandbag, but can also be the body itself as in jumping exercises or the body with a weight vest that allows movement with resistance. (38 words)
Protect the flanks with traps and barricades or create a small sandbag fort up a hill to protect against small-arms fire while maintaining a good sight line on the enemy's blind spots. (34 words)
It was thousands of people, in total, working to sandbag, move in huge Hesco barriers; a whole host of people clearing equipment out of facilities, moving munitions … even crews doing things like disconnecting power. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
After tripping on the sandbag, he sought to laugh that off too.
At the five Valley Water sandbag sites scattered throughout the county, residents can pick up free filled sandbags or fill their own with bags and sand the district has provided.
Dozens of people turned out, filling sandbags, and we joined the sandbag line.
He stumbled on a sandbag while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy.
It resembled a small black sandbag on the stage.
Protect the flanks with traps and barricades or create a small sandbag fort up a hill to protect against small-arms fire while maintaining a good sight line on the enemy's blind spots.
There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands," communications director Ben LaBolt tweeted.
California Department of Corrections prisoners help sandbag homes along Gotera Drive in the Hacienda Heights section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
Otherwise, employees can install a sandbag in their office and spend several minutes doing some punching exercises to relax, he said.
The city opened a build-your-own sandbag operation at Truxtun Park at 10 a.m. Monday.
The rule was changed to placate the party’s increasingly leftist members, who viewed it as an integral part of the effort to sandbag Sanders.
Fargo officials this week reactivated Sandbag Central, converting a building that normally houses garbage trucks into a systematic operation combining machinery and manpower to fill 24 sandbags every 6 seconds.
It was thousands of people, in total, working to sandbag, move in huge Hesco barriers; a whole host of people clearing equipment out of facilities, moving munitions … even crews doing things like disconnecting power.
She planned to sandbag the door of her townhouse.
A prosecutor in Toledo said Friday the 14- and 15-year-old boys didn’t toss the sandbag that killed 22-year-old Marquise Byrd, of Warren, Michigan.
Build a sandbag and steel wall around each aircraft.
See below for sand and sandbag locations.
When she goes back her seat, a sandbag falls.
A sandbag can serve as a useful platform for shooting a sniper rifle, although any soft surface such as a rucksack will steady a rifle and contribute to consistency.
The resistance involved is often a weighted object such as a medicine ball or sandbag, but can also be the body itself as in jumping exercises or the body with a weight vest that allows movement with resistance.
Common combinations with sandbag
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sandbag 4×
- to sandbag 3×
- sandbag on 2×