grab bag

Example Sentences

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Donaldson also juggles a loose grab bag of philanthropic efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

After morning break, Mrs Curtis is putting together a grab bag for an eight-year-old pupil whose mum rang the school earlier to let them know they've had to leave their home in a hurry.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

I'm laughing a little bit because it's sort of a grab bag of everything if you put it that way.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023

A grab bag of deep dives into quirky cultural questions, “Decoder Ring” is educational easy listening.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2023

We’re lucky that English, with its stretchy grammar and its giant grab bag of a vocabulary, gives us so much room for verbal play, if not anarchy.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner