portable

Example Sentences

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Seven-year-old Chloe was among the first in the city to visit the portable dome structure in which a number of films about the universe are projected onto a huge cinema screen.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

If you really want to level up your potluck game, take a cue from tailgate culture: a small portable crockpot is a marvel.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Like Joseph, who let me borrow his portable air conditioner — and even installed it — when a heat wave hit Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

But Apple’s team, Mr. Pogue writes, knew that “a hard drive the size of an Oreo” would be the perfect platform for a portable music player, and they negotiated exclusive access to the drive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

So he instructed his aide to transfer the file to his portable phone, and from there e-mail it to Fowl Manor in Dublin.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer