How to Use beanbag in a Sentence

beanbag

noun
  • The last thing fans need is for beanbag tossers to fall into that hole.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 July 2017
  • At the bridge, a police sergeant shot the man with a beanbag shotgun.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2021
  • There were no rubber bullets or beanbag rounds, not even a foot chase.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Near the kitchen area, a programmer naps in a small pile of beanbag chairs.
    — Clive Thompson, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2007
  • This means choosing a stiffer chair over something more beanbag like.
    — Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Come out and watch people who are pretty proud of their beanbag tossin' skills.
    — Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman, 10 June 2018
  • The man felt faint, and the girls took him by the hands and led him to a beanbag chair in a corner.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2022
  • At some point, an officer shot Romero with beanbags.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The walls are papered with forest scenes, the floors filled with beanbag boulders.
    — Matt A.v. Chaban, New York Times, 9 May 2016
  • This can be as simple as a family bike ride, a round of beanbag toss or a trip to the park with friends.
    — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The county at the time had no polices regarding the use of beanbag rounds.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The video shows beanbag rounds being fired and just a second later, the sound of gunshots.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, SFChronicle.com, 25 June 2019
  • There’s a 6-foot beanbag, there’s a TV, there’s a rocking chair.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • But at the moment of truth, her butt sunk into the beanbag chair, which caused her knees to tuck up into her chest.
    — Karley Sciortino, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Officers shoot a teenage protester in the head with a beanbag round.
    — Garth Greenwell, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • One night, in Hank’s room, our friend Chad sat on a beanbag chair, packing a pipe with weed.
    — Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • One Grandview officer fired two non-lethal beanbag rounds at the man.
    — Joe Robertson and Ian Cummings, kansascity, 1 July 2018
  • Michael Bloomberg is taking a catnap on a little beanbag chair.
    — Charlie Dektar, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The corner should be comfortable, maybe with a beanbag chair for lounging.
    — Angela Anagnost-Repke, Good Housekeeping, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Few pieces of decor are as dreamy as the ones covered in faux fur, and this shaggy beanbag chair is no exception.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
  • My high-schooler worked while sprawled across a beanbag on the living room floor, hunched over his computer.
    — NBC News, 17 Oct. 2020
  • So the Swifties gathered in full force, bringing blankets, beanbag chairs, drinks and snacks.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • There will be a zip line, classic car show, beanbag tournament, crafts and rides, Sanchez said.
    — Gerald Porter Jr., Daily Southtown, 13 July 2017
  • The fight ends when a corrections officer fires a beanbag at the men, striking a rail in from of them.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Abloh placed a pair of white Nikes against a wall, a green beanbag on the ground, and a seesaw in the middle of it all.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2021
  • From the beanbag chair the man could hear the little suitcases thump heavily down the stairs.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2022
  • But the earlier dolls were crude, lumpen things, a cross between a beanbag and a sculpted potato.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Politics ain’t beanbag, as the saying goes.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Kids seem to have a blast at this exhibit, running around the pool, tumbling down the hills, and lobbing beanbags.
    — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
  • The ruts are larger, the sandy sections are deeper, and new rocks, some the size of beanbag chairs, have found their way into our path.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2020

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