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

They’re teachers from the San Fernando Valley who go to all the Olympics and lug a bunch of weights — suitcases containing tens of thousands of commemorative pins.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Another reported that the artist would wake up at 3 a.m. to lug his supplies to the perfect spot and, in the throes of his work, would forget to eat all day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 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

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