How to Use sleeping bag in a Sentence

sleeping bag

noun
  • Place a sleeping bag on top of the air bed, then add sheets from there.
    — Liz Krieger, Cosmopolitan, 29 Nov. 2016
  • My comfort items were good rain gear and a light sleeping bag.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Bring a sleeping bag, and set yourself up far away from city lights.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Sam slept in a sleeping bag wadded at the center of a king-size bed.
    — Kate Folk, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Set up a tent, grab some flashlights, sleeping bags and board games.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2020
  • Load with the sleeping bag, then pack the tent, then the cooking gear.
    — Jack Baruth, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Beats the cost of a tent, sleeping pad, sleeping bag, cook set, etc.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
  • To save time, many sleep four to six hours a night in a sleeping bag shell called a bivouac sack.
    — New York Times, 4 July 2022
  • Free up some room in your pack by putting your sleeping bag and clothing in one of these.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Or, for even easier cleanup, use a sleeping bag and a padded mat.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
  • And these women were just in these sleeping bags on the floor over each other.
    — The New Yorker, 10 July 2019
  • Davin was found in a sleeping bag, with a knife still stuck in his chest and a black trash bag over his head.
    — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The base for the beds is ice covered with a reindeer skin topped with a sleeping bag.
    — Tom Sietsema, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Future designs might use it in parkas, vests, gloves, or even sleeping bags.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
  • No need to buy a new sleeping bag for fall if the weather is merely chilly and not frigid.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Before this camp, few of the players had sleeping bags; they’d been lost in the fire.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • It can be used as a coat, a sleeping bag and an over-the-shoulder bag for the summer.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2021
  • But that’s not the only use for a sleeping bag liner in a warm climate.
    — Suzie Dundas, Outside Online, 19 July 2024
  • In the living room, someone had set up a single cot, with a sleeping bag.
    — Jennifer Kahn, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2018
  • In the village, the group sleeps in sleeping bags in a simple village house.
    — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • First, his neighbor happened to be outside with a sleeping bag on hand.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • For much of his life, the only bed that Koudelka would use was a sleeping bag.
    — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
  • He was soaked, freezing and curled up in his wet sleeping bag in the shelter of a pit toilet.
    — Fox News, 21 Oct. 2019
  • On Drag Race, your sleeping bag look is a standout piece you’re known for.
    — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
  • At the very least, try to put some sort of padding or cushion between the ground and sleeping bag.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2019
  • The corner of the foam where Bailey’s down sleeping bag would have been laid out was soaked.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
  • Tuck one end of the tarp under itself to close it off, and shove your sleeping bag down into the open end.
    — Popular Science, 28 May 2020
  • The group sleeps in sleeping bags on the floor of a community center.
    — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The lounge is a great place to grab a nightcap before tucking into a bed or sleeping bag.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
  • The plan is to load up the truck with bikes, a cooler, a sleeping bag and a Dutch oven and head to the hills.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2019

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