How to Use schlep in a Sentence

schlep

verb
  • We schlepped our luggage through the airport.
  • No kitchen, but guests can schlep in food from nearby eateries.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t want to organize and schlep all that gear, or hate sleeping on the ground?
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The long-term trend is for consumers to order online, rather than to schlep to the mall.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • While men took to the open road, women were often left to schlep children and groceries.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Either way, guides are available to escort you there and schlep your supplies.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2016
  • The pressure is also mounting on the people who have to schlep all these parcels to front doors.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Had to schlep to the water well with jugs for water, jump in the river to bathe, start a fire for cold days.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Most guys of his age and position wouldn’t schlep their kid brother to concerts, let alone as a third wheel.
    — Sir Lucian Grainge, Billboard, 15 June 2017
  • So Sheldon schleps down to Texas in hopes of burying the hatchet.
    — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 3 May 2018
  • But what a hassle to schlep junior's furniture on a plane trip, even folded up.
    — Philly.com, 4 June 2017
  • Use it as a wagon stroller to tote around a couple of little ones or as a plain old wagon to schlep around your gear.
    — Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The idea of not having to schlep back and forth to work—losing about two hours a day from their lives—is wonderful.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • During an ascent, climbers typically schlep along dozens of pounds of gear.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Who wants to schlep around with a massive swathe of thick lambskin on their arm all day, sans air conditioning?
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 14 July 2021
  • Quitting a job to schlep three young children around another continent felt like a leap in the dark.
    — Liuan Huska, Contributor, CNBC, 26 July 2024
  • The bright side was seeing a guy like Rory McIlroy schlep his own bag for four hours.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 18 May 2020
  • Backpacking hammocks need to be lightweight, durable, and easy to schlep around, and this one delivers.
    — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2023
  • Plus, the removable battery can be charged on its own, so there's no need to schlep the whole vacuum over to an outlet.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2023
  • With a beam of 39 feet, the yacht will be able to schlep a full arsenal of supplies for her mothership.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Spending lots of quality time in your garden and yard but tired of constantly having to schlep back and forth from the shed or garage?
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Most of them don’t have any comprehension or empathy for their workers who have to schlep back and forth every day, which wears you out.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • Usually only the most hardcore activists are willing to schlep across the state and give up a full day for a convention.
    — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2021
  • If you’re forced to schlep your laptop, don’t assume heinous backpacks and pseudo-quirky canvas totes are your only recourse.
    — Wsj Off Duty Staff / F. Martin Ramin/the Wall Street Journal; Prop Styling By Catherine Campbell Pearson , WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Under the new law, stores can offer shoppers paper bags at checkout or consumers can use their own bags to schlep their purchases out the door.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Players schlep downstairs, wearing slippers or sandals, and walk through the game plan and what to expect from their opponents.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Some simply refuse to schlep back and forth to an office, taking two-plus hours a day commuting into a crowded, dirty and crime-ridden city.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Employees battled traffic to schlep into the office, where they were packed into small, tight spaces and sat in front of a screen for much of the day.
    — Byruth Umoh, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Thirty years ago, a customer had to schlep to a department store to sniff tester strips while fending off salespeople from all directions.
    — Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Who on earth wants to schlep into a store to get a new handset just because Microsoft and Samsung screwed something up?
    — Dylan Tweney, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2011

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