Example Sentences

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Brady ran like was lugging two bushels of oysters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Mabintou Tunkara was lugging grocery bags stuffed with clothes and other belongings when she walked out of the Twin Parks North West apartment building on Thursday.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

At the start of sophomore year, right after the 9/11 attacks, he was lugging boxes up a stairwell, in his dormitory, when he met Kives, who, even then, was “a force,” Brown said.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2020

Flynn Walker was lugging a camping backpack handed to her by a woman who made a last-minute decision to get arrested.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2018

“I don’t know where I’ll store this meat,” complained someone who was lugging a whole carcass of a sheep over his shoulder.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane