How to Use rucksack in a Sentence

rucksack

noun
  • Our packs, nothing more than cheap rucksacks, didn’t weigh much.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2019
  • Tony pulled another shirt from his rucksack and tried to put it on him.
    — Craig R. McCoy / Staff Writer, Philly.com, 12 July 2017
  • Going on a backpacking trip and need to fit all your stuff in one rucksack?
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Porter’s book opens with Shy carrying a rucksack full of stones.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • School rucksacks stuffed with clothes, small pillows and floral blankets are strewn on the floor.
    — Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
  • There's also beer, cider and liqueurs too, so leave space in your rucksack for a bottle or two to take home with you.
    — Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 11 June 2024
  • To the pound, men and women lug the same rucksacks, throw the same grenades and shoulder the same machine guns.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • Many of the runners are treated for nasty chafing from lugging the rucksacks.
    — Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • The name implied that infantrymen would just throw the robots in their rucksacks.
    — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2011
  • His rucksack will hold an extra prosthetic, a spare brace and a 25-lb.
    — Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The ear cups rotate so the headset can slip easily into your rucksack.
    — Antony Leather, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • One of the men had a knife, and officers also found a rucksack containing a goat's leg and bloody gloves.
    — Fox News, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Gathering as many nuggets as his rucksacks can hold, the man sets out for the nearest city to deposit his findings.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2023
  • Ducking into a bathroom, Lendrum put the chicks back in his rucksack and boarded his flight.
    — Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
  • The commuter in your life will feel special sporting this waterproof rucksack.
    — Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The roadway was a river of fire, with homes and their contents, tatami mats, futons, rucksacks, all in flames.
    — Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Army recruits embark on long marches with heavy rucksacks as part of their training regimen.
    — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The rucksacks symbolize the heavy burdens carried by troops and their families.
    — Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • Key examples are body armor, helmets and rucksacks that are often too big for female soldiers and small-stature men.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Key examples are body armor, helmets, and rucksacks that are often too big for female soldiers and small-stature men.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The men, ranging in age from twenty-nine to sixty-four, carried rucksacks containing the few items that they were allowed to bring.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Margaret sheltered in the lee of a large stone, gneiss studded with gleaming black hornblende, and rummaged in the giant rucksack on my back.
    — Hugh Raffles, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2020
  • If back issues prevail—a common complaint during pregnancy—a stylish rucksack may be more suitable than a tote.
    — Joanna Carrigan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2023
  • Weighted vests or rucksacks that distribute weight mostly across the shoulders and chest force your core and traps to work harder to stabilize you.
    — Ian Graber-Stiehl, Outside, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Lady Gaga also gave a digital shoutout by donning a red coat, leather rucksack, and weekender bag to rep the capsule.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 15 July 2017
  • Those who arrive by boat are permitted to stay for one hour only on the dunes, and disembarking with rucksacks or cool bags will not be allowed.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Kayla Padgett rested her rifle against her rucksack and turned to her platoon, assembling them in three neat rows.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • The Poet arrives to the set carrying a rucksack of clinking bottles, tequila and whiskey.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 16 Feb. 2017
  • The 14-liter rucksack has a rolltop closure with reflective drawcords to compress.
    — Outside Online, 23 June 2022
  • Relieved of their blindfolds, the men now wore heavy rucksacks filled with colored rocks representing their anger (red), guilt and shame (black), and sadness (blue).
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

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