grab bag

Example Sentences

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But if you can’t get a grab bag, you can perhaps sip on an award-winning wine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Despite hurting growth, a broader U.K. tax increase could have advantages compared with a grab bag of assorted tax increases, economists say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

“Perfect World” is the grab bag of the lot.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

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

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