Suitcase is an English word with synonyms like bag or grip. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Suitcase meaning
- A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.
- In the Classic Mac OS operating system, a file containing fonts, icons, sounds, and other resources.
Using Suitcase
- The main meaning on this page is: A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling. | In the Classic Mac OS operating system, a file containing fonts, icons, sounds, and other resources.
- Useful related words include: bag, traveling bag, grip, baggage.
- In the example corpus, suitcase often appears in combinations such as: suitcase and, the suitcase, in suitcase.
Context around Suitcase
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Suitcase
- In this selection, "suitcase" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cabin, decent, red, brand, industry and format stand out and add context to how "suitcase" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a decent suitcase and a pink suitcase next to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "suitcase" sits close to words such as ascension, booze and bosnia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with suitcase
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All he took with him was a suitcase. (8 words)
I carry the dress in my suitcase in case I need it. (12 words)
Don’t worry — it’ll still fit into an average backpack or suitcase laptop pocket. (15 words)
But if you're travelling light, you may find that a smaller suitcase will do - and you are likely to have the added benefit of being able to bring it onto your flight with you, meaning less hassle at the airport and less money to pay. (46 words)
Hillary Collard has now claimed to have seen inside the bright blue suitcase her daughter was found to have used to transport Ms Chong's remains to their shared home in and then a Devonshire town a two-hour drive away. (41 words)
Antler’s roomy soft stripe cabin suitcase was rugged, spacious and tactile, while is proof that you don’t need to offload all your cash (which, let’s face it, is better spent on holidays) on a decent suitcase. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Antler’s roomy soft stripe cabin suitcase was rugged, spacious and tactile, while is proof that you don’t need to offload all your cash (which, let’s face it, is better spent on holidays) on a decent suitcase.
The suitcase brand Away wants to do more than shake up the suitcase industry, it wants to completely change how your travel.
Suitcase The suitcase format for TrueType is used on Mac OS. It adds additional Apple-specific information.
All he took with him was a suitcase.
An Iranian girl at the Luxembourg airport seems frightened to enter the country with her red suitcase.
A pink suitcase next to her had lost two wheels, while yellow comb plates typically found at the end of travelators had also broken off.
A smart bag is a suitcase that has built-in electronics for one or more purposes.
A US woman known as the "suitcase killer" pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to murder her mother, whose body was hidden in a piece of luggage after she was slain in Bali in 2014, the Department of Justice said.
But if you're travelling light, you may find that a smaller suitcase will do - and you are likely to have the added benefit of being able to bring it onto your flight with you, meaning less hassle at the airport and less money to pay.
By far the best thing about these is how much room I had left in my toiletry bag and in my suitcase in general.
By the final verse, the suitcase of songs is ‘tattered and torn and falling apart’, a poignant metaphor for Alan’s mind.
Despite the difficulties, the scene remains memorable for its sudden timing, impressive stunts by Tom Cruise, and the inclusion of a rigged suitcase, showcasing the amount of work that went into creating it.
Don’t worry — it’ll still fit into an average backpack or suitcase laptop pocket.
For travellers, the advice is to avoid putting your suitcase on hotel beds or public transport seats, elevating luggage onto shelves where possible.
Having landed on the world’s least industrialized continent, with its under-reported conflicts and incredible personable strengths, my checked-in suitcase was nowhere to be seen.
Hawk-eyed anti narcotics detectives based at the airport detected the package that was carefully concealed in a false bottom of the woman’s suitcase.
He had taken his technology with him to the hotel and the technology was in his suitcase.
Her body was put in a suitcase and taken to the Midlands before being buried in a make-shift grave in a back-garden in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Hillary Collard has now claimed to have seen inside the bright blue suitcase her daughter was found to have used to transport Ms Chong's remains to their shared home in and then a Devonshire town a two-hour drive away.
I carry the dress in my suitcase in case I need it.
Common combinations with suitcase
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- suitcase and 25×
- the suitcase 24×
- in suitcase 24×
- your suitcase 12×
- suitcase in 11×
- my suitcase 9×
- suitcase that 7×
- his suitcase 7×
- suitcase was 6×
- with suitcase 6×