baggage

Example Sentences

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“I didn’t even finish my arrows. But getting back up and the act of trying again — despite the injury and all the baggage that comes with it — is really empowering.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Marx’s two primary opponents have baggage of their own.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

It will be replaced by the baggage of regret.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Portnoy refers to this baggage as “my history.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

She was—sweet mercy in a firkin—she was a gruesome little baggage.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson