How to Use sandbag in a Sentence

sandbag

1 of 2 noun
  • Then use sandbags around the outside edge of the pool to hold the poly in place.
    — Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Thanks to the sandbags, the tent didn’t even budge under heavy gusts of wind.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
  • Survivor is wood and canvas and sand and sandbags and dirt and mud.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Time, 18 May 2026
  • And then here's the throwing the ball into the thing or the sandbag.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But their waves would wash over the sandbags and the water was lapping up against their homes.
    — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The home’s windows were boarded up with plywood and tires and sandbags.
    — Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 26 June 2023
  • Over the last few days, tens of thousands of sandbags have been filled and distributed.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The makeshift sandbag tubs at Sykes were dislodged and destroyed.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The basket looked like one plucked from any driveway, weighted down by sandbags.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Org/sandbags/ How to fill a sandbag Not sure how to fill your sandbags?
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The only light from the rest stop seeped through the cracks in the sandbags that shielded its windows.
    — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • As her mother carries her, Sylvia’s legs hang down like sandbags, heavy and limp.
    — Jenny Gold, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2019
  • This could be a kettlebell, weight plate, sandbag, or duffel bag.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Two million sandbags have been pre-positioned across the state.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Secrecy buys time in the way a sandbag buys time against a rising river.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The toss game with sandbags and perforated target boards is easy to set up and play.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The team piled sandbags around the perimeter for protection.
    — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • Aspx How to fill a sandbag Not sure how to fill your sandbags?
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Aspx How to fill a sandbag Not sure how to fill your sandbags?
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Aspx How to fill a sandbag Not sure how to fill your sandbags?
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Each corner has fillable sandbag pockets to ground the canopy, which is key on windy days.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Two players from each tribe must race to empty a crate full of rope and sandbags, revealing a key.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The city announced Saturday that the sandbag goal has been met.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Over the past several days, neighbors have helped each other put sandbags in front of their homes.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 June 2026
  • Stand with your feet wider than hip-width, feet toed out to the sides, holding a sandbag in front of you with both hands at arm’s length.
    — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 26 May 2022
  • Many local governments prepped with sandbags to lessen the effects of any floods.
    — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The city is handing out free sandbags over the weekend to residents.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • More sandbags will be brought in on Tuesday, April 14.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • With the sandbag in the seat, this bouncer was stable, and the buckles and straps were easy to adjust.
    — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Access is easy as there’s no steel fencing around the flame, only a 4-foot-high wall of sandbags.
    — Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026

sandbag

2 of 2 verb
  • I think he was sandbagging us.
  • He claimed he was playing badly because of an injury, but I think he was sandbagging.
  • Gardner sat in a chair, sandbags around him and a target pinned over his heart.
    — Michael Tarm, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The Aggies don’t sandbag and dodge.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • One of my friends offered his truck and his time for a sandbagging party.
    — Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 19 May 2017
  • This family here has sandbagged their house and move the valuable stuff up to higher floors.
    — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • My very first memory is of flooding and my family having to sandbag our house.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Ant-Man says the Wolves sandbagged the regular season.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • But at least you weren’t sandbagged by some antediluvian notion of how family is supposed to work.
    — John Anderson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Marty had a tendency to sandbag himself.
    — Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
  • In Missouri folks were out sandbagging to protect their homes after weekend flooding.
    — Ginger Pinson, Twin Cities, 1 May 2017
  • To protect 3,500 tulips, workers tarped and sandbagged the riverside flower bed.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 1 May 2018
  • In Nett’s case, announce and then roll back announcements of a new album that’s been prone to leaks and sandbagged by indecision.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Unless Osweiler has been sandbagging all along, the Patriots should run away with this one.
    — Ryan Kartje, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Town Hall had a trickle of people stopping by to offer help sandbagging or to keep leaders posted on road and levee conditions.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 21 June 2017
  • As North Carolina has already learned, being a jerk for no good reason can really sandbag your tourism economy.
    — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017
  • The council was angry with Fischer and accused him of sandbagging them earlier on pension issues.
    — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Sewer main lines were completely filled, and crews sandbagged manholes in the area to avoid further surface water infiltration, city officials said.
    — USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2020
  • In the United States, the declining value of production tax credits for wind projects sandbagged the industry.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In that case, cultural heritage was sandbagged, bricked or fortified and much of the country’s most valuable art was smuggled out of the country in a bid to protect it from the coming conflict.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
  • In exchange, clubs like this year’s Loons or last year’s RSL wouldn’t have to face the prospect of sandbagging their season for a club-record payday nearly as often.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • These are not ideal circumstances by any means, after being sandbagged by the Justice Department, but trial continues.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Her teammates were emotionally sandbagged at the final buzzer, and forward Sam Fuehring described being unable to hold back a torrent of empathy.
    — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Ben Cherington was sandbagged in the middle of the 2015 season, less than two years after winning a World Series.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • On several occasions, Jenckes, like other farmers, was sandbagging along the levee of the swollen Wabash River.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Floodwaters are expected to peak Saturday night and crews were sandbagging the fire station and the Blue Spruce RV park.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Gerhardsson sandbagged the group stage game against the US, losing, 2-0, and the Swedes would have stood little chance against the Americans in the final.
    — Frank Dell’apa, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2019
  • Since then, Des Plaines has invested in sandbagging machines and other mitigation measures to better protect homes and businesses.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • While another atmospheric river moves in, communities are scrambling to sandbag, repair levees and prepare for even more power outages, while still cleaning up from the last round of extreme weather.
    — Elise Preston, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The Rest of the Conversation There was more, on hiring Olympians, free food, sandbagging (not telling the truth) and territorial office wars.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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