How to Use grocery bag in a Sentence

grocery bag

noun
  • The snacks were long gone, the paper grocery bag stuffed with their trash.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Masiko peeled a couple of plantains from his grocery bag and gave them to him.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Anyone who needs food but isn’t able to donate their time gets a free grocery bag full of food.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • Try curling a backpack full of books or a heavy grocery bag instead.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
  • Students could fill a grocery bag with fruits and vegetables for free.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The munitions, both about 40 mm, were dropped off in a grocery bag.
    — Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Video shows Brown holding a grocery bag, trying to reason with the kids.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Sunday is bargain day, with a grocery bag full of books and media going for $5.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The cups were then taken to the police department in a paper grocery bag.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • And customers get to carry all of their products home in that beautiful blue and white checked grocery bag.
    — Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Those cups then at some point were collected into a Stop & Shop grocery bag.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2024
  • This can be as simple as picking up a plastic grocery bag off the floor, Pasle-Green says.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The first girl to become sick—called the index patient—had used a bathroom where a grocery bag of snacks was being stored.
    — Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
  • A couple looking for scrap metal spotted a human jaw in a plastic grocery bag.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 7 June 2024
  • A couple looking for scrap metal spotted a human jaw in a plastic grocery bag.
    — Ken Brown, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023
  • At Sunday’s bargain day sale, $5 will get you a paper grocery bag full of books and media.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
  • At only 6 weeks old, the fuzzy feline was placed in a paper grocery bag, then left in a hospital dumpster.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • Remaining, larger items that do not fit in a grocery bag may be purchased at half price, organizers said.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Place unripe tomatoes in a single layer inside a paper bag (such as a grocery bag), and fold the bag to close it loosely.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
  • To de-slime his pike, the Griz puts them in a paper grocery bag, then puts that bag in a larger garbage bag, and stashes it all in a cooler.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • If a plant sleeve isn’t available, a grocery bag or other covering can provide protection.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The man holding the camera groans and slowly pans to the roadside where their female companion is leaning over to pick up a grocery bag.
    — William Earl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Raffles and games will go on throughout the evening, and those who bring a grocery bag of full-sized toiletries will be entered into a raffle for the door prizes.
    — Carol Flynn, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
  • There, the space-time continuum tears open like an overloaded grocery bag, and the theory is unable to say what comes next.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025
  • As the birthday boys blew out the candles on their joint cake, Lennon donned a homemade hat made from a grocery bag and construction paper.
    — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Video footage published by the Sun appeared to show him in handcuffs sitting close to a bicycle, grocery bag and sleeping bag.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Customers who get their hands on the mini-er mini bags will also find a reusable grocery bag inside every micro tote.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The older son, Dustin, barely speaks, and baby James is wearing a grocery bag for a diaper.
    — Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Participants will get a long-sleeve shirt, 1/4 zip pullover, reusable grocery bag, food and a finisher’s medal.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The door to the truck was ajar and the man's belongings — a wallet, grocery bag and cellphone — were scattered on the ground, according to court documents.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023

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