portable

Example Sentences

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A hard-boiled egg is something else entirely: firm, portable, reliable, tucked into lunchboxes or sliced over a salad.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Bristol-based start-up NPK Recovery collects urine from portable toilets during festivals and events, transforming it into fertiliser to help grass grow back on the fields afterwards.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Her spend: about $1,300 for full sets of albums, posters, T-shirts, hoodies and a portable table emblazoned with the BTS logo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

But the Gustanos and the guards—and the portable spotlight the guards carried—were getting closer and closer.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix