How to Use duffel bag in a Sentence

duffel bag

noun
  • The men took two duffel bags from the back bedroom, and fled.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The goal is to purchase duffel bags.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Loeb got a three-year sentence for the theft of the duffel bag.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Two shopping bags and a duffel bag, which had been left in plain sight, were gone.
    — CBS News, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Neither the black duffel bag nor his cellphone were found on scene.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • This is a very nice duffel bag for carrying a few days' worth of clothes.
    — Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Some even have wheels and work as rolling duffel bags or light-duty hiking packs.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
  • One day found myself in a grim basement next to a duffel bag of cassettes.
    — Ron Hart, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2017
  • Get any kind of bag, like totes, crossbody bags, shoulder bags, duffel bags and so many more.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • At one point, the brothers get into an Uber with a duffel bag.
    — NBC News, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Dell designed a duffel bag and a messenger bag for the group’s fans.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • So did my father -- the man returning home with the duffel bag.
    — John Blake, CNN, 3 Aug. 2019
  • These wipes come in a resealable pouch that fits nicely in a large purse or duffel bag.
    — Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Get the best of both worlds with this rolling duffel bag from High Sierra.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
  • For a normal person, a duffel bag or weekender would do the trick for this quick jaunt.
    — Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Still, Steggall arrived with only a green duffel bag of clothes.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Take the duffel bag, for example.
    — Amelia Arvesen, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Stuffed in a large duffel bag was a blow-up doll in black clothing, rigged with wiring so that it could be made to sit or stand.
    — Longreads, 5 May 2022
  • The clamshell duffel bag has two large zippered compartments that were able to store enough clothes for a few days.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The duffel bags with with sunscreen and towels for the pool now are left lonely in mudrooms.
    — Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Gilovich pulled out a stash of Apple Watches from his duffel bag.
    — Jamie Brisick, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Four people, including the person with the duffel bag, run back to the white car.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
  • Milliken peeked in the guy’s second duffel bag while on the island — a sniper rifle.
    — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The duffel bag was too small for Gus, but otherwise the plan went off without a hitch.
    — OregonLive.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Then, one day, an army duffel bag of paperbacks arrived from my mother.
    — Janet Rich Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Keep reading to check out some of the brand’s other weekender and travel duffel bag styles.
    — Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The little boy was staring at his duffel bag, which had a map of Old Karachi on it.
    — Usman T. Malik, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The men then chose to leave the house with the girl, putting her into a duffel bag and shoving it into the back of a truck.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Marley alerted on a duffel bag full of cash in the backseat of the vehicle.
    — Mike Cruz, azcentral, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The former is there to hold the large, bulky stuff, such as coolers, duffel bags, grills, stoves, and crates loaded with gear.
    — New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2024

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