baggage

Example Sentences

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But it does mean that your new partner may come with some baggage, and perhaps with some growth opportunities in the area of communication.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The company also said there will be no changes to baggage fees on long-haul international routes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Still, as the top Cabinet official in the presidential line of succession after the VP, secretaries of state are often ambitious pols who bring baggage all their own.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Parents who are anxious about money may worry they’ll pass their emotional baggage on to the next generation, but it’s possible to give kids constructive financial lessons without weighing them down.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Her entire baggage consisted of a small trunk, a little rocking chair with small hand-painted flowers, and a canvas sack which kept making a cloc-cloc-cloc sound, where she carried her parents' bones.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez