lugging

Example Sentences

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On a recent morning, out-of-work factory hands, some lugging suitcases, wandered along a street where a cluster of hiring agencies advertised what jobs were still available.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Picture, said Hutchcraft, laborers going up and down the rows with bags on their shoulders, picking orange fruit and filling them, and then lugging the bags to tubs at the ends of rows.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

In Fiorito, neighbors come and go to "Diego's house," as they call it, lugging containers which volunteers fill with chicken stew or other meals cooked in giant cauldrons in the yard.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

She remembered trailing behind her grandmother cutting roses in her garden, lugging bucketfuls of flowers and inhaling the sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

Everything's more effort because you're lugging 20 kilograms of suit around with you, and your movement is limited.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir