briefcase

Example Sentences

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He says he remembers one of the men was holding a briefcase.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

George aero-commutes in a glass-domed saucer that folds into a briefcase, and still manages to get stuck in traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Despite several security violations over the years, including leaving a briefcase full of classified information on a subway, Ames was then sent to Mexico City in 1981.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

He carried a script he was writing in a slim briefcase, which he’d shuttle back and forth from the brand-new Starbucks down the street.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

The scowl plus the briefcase probably meant he’d been delivering legal papers—hadn’t Josie learned in school that certain documents had to be placed directly into someone’s hands to be official?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix