shopping bag

Example Sentences

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She is believed to have been less than an hour old when she was discovered in a shopping bag on a bleak pathway near a busy east London road on January 18, 2024.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Before you know it, you’re handing over your credit card and receiving an immaculately packaged shopping bag — a feat no e-tailer could ever compete with.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Roman was wrapped in a towel, inside a Sainsbury's shopping bag.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

A bride-to-be thought she's lost her engagement ring while manning the tills at work - only to have it returned days later by a customer who found it at the bottom of their shopping bag.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

She throws a crumpled dollar down and always asks for coconut or sometimes papaya juice, and we send it up to her in a paper shopping bag she lets down with clothesline.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros