lug

Example Sentences

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Many people over the years have recommended that I get an e-reader so I don’t have to lug around books in my suitcase.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026

He observes precisely the labor of his father: “The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft / Against the inside knee was levered firmly.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

A $1,000 bag of silver coins weighs more than 50 pounds, making it cumbersome to lug around.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Smiles all round: festival-goers happily lug their belongings across the farm as they head to where they plan to pitch their tent for the next five nights.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

We would lug the dripping containers back home, where my mother would cook the blood in a large saucepan, let it simmer into a thick, pasty, brownish slush.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane