brown-bag lunch

Example Sentences

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During a brown-bag lunch with the junior staff, the senator stressed the importance of having an apolitical career before running for public office.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2022

People forget, but he always emphasized that he took a brown-bag lunch.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2018

Other times, he'll jokingly lament about his receding hairline, or the time he brought a cheesesteak to a brown-bag lunch with fellow Penn State coaches who were eating salads.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2012

Bring your sandwiches along on Sunday for a brown-bag lunch on how to tackle global poverty with Abhijit Banerjee, co-author of the acclaimed Poor Economics.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2012

I am holding tight to my brown-bag lunch.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari