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How to use lug in a sentence

28 example sentences · noun, verb

Lug means the act of hauling or dragging. Example: “The pack is a heavy lug.”

Examples of lug by meaning

nounThe act of hauling or dragging.

  • a hard lug

nounThat which is hauled or dragged.

  • The pack is a heavy lug.

nounAn ear or ear lobe.

  • While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off.

nounA request for money, as for political purposes.

  • They put the lug on him at the courthouse.

verbTo haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.

  • Why do you always lug around so many books?
  • As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows.1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
  • Luggage areas need to be within sight, rather than at the end of carriages, despite the inconvenience of lugging cases further into a carriage.2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL, number 935, page 48

verbTo run at too slow a speed.

  • When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.

More sentences with lug

  • I’ll clip ye round the lugs!From the entry clip
  • He complained of being 'lugged and worried' like a baited bear and exposed to 'splenish censure'.2014, Jessie Childs, God’s Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England. From the entry splenish
  • Freidanck arrived lugging a box of dishes, like someone moving between apartments in Manhattan.2007 July 24, Joe Sharkey, “Somewhere in the Skies, Fish Ceviche Is Being Served”, in New York Times. From the entry postlunch
  • If you use a laundromat, don't lug along all those detergent boxes and bleach bottles.2004, Graham Haley, Rosemary Haley, Haley's Hints, Penguin, →ISBN, page 133. From the entry laundromatting
  • The Pirates entered the season lugging no one's expectations as excess baggage.1996 April 8, Murray Chass, “On Baseball: An Early Lesson on Expectation vs. Reality”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Jun 2013. From the entry excess baggage
  • The next step towards the lug was the introduction of the vargord.1962, Phillips-Birt, Douglas Hextall Chedzey, Fore & aft sailing craft, & the development of the modern yacht, page 108. From the entry vargord
  • " How are you, Mudge – all right?" "Fairish much obliged to you for lugging me home.1911, Marjorie Benton Cooke, Dr. David, page 33. From the entry fairish
  • And, of course, bottles make transporting the booch much easier than lugging around a gallon jar or a continuous brewer!2016, Hannah Crum, Alex LaGory, The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea, Storey…. From the entry booch
  • Atlantic's Euro Back Brief, a kind of rucksack briefcase, is designed to remove the pain and strain of laptop lugging.2003 March 15, Tim Wapshott, “Atlantic Euro Back Brief”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN…. From the entry shoulder strap
  • Best thing to do is to lug around an oil can of Foster's all night watching everyone get slarmied.1997 August 12, The Gonzo Lager [username], “Re: [A] Moving Pictures and Maskerade (No real spoilers)”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet). From the entry slarmied
  • Lug the TV into the backyard, pop a couple of videos into the VCR, and serve popcorn, sodas, and Twizzlers.1997, Kim Goad, Magic Moments: A Busy Woman's Guide to Forgotten Pleasures. From the entry Twizzler
  • He'll be just biddable when Danny's there, while he's fratchy as a lugged bear when left to you.1902, The Monthly Review, Volume 9. From the entry fratchy
  • Others have abandoned their vehicles and have set off back towards the Russian border on foot, lugging their weapons and kitbags, videos suggest.2022 March 4, Luke Harding, “Demoralised Russian soldiers tell of anger at being ‘duped’ into war”, in The Guardian. From the entry kitbag
  • In contrast to everything else that these migrant people had lugged from island to island, the kūmara had not come from the west.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 21. From the entry kumara
  • In the operative position a guide arm will contact lugs, but if either lugs or guide arms are nonoperative no contact will take place.1996, David Kahn, The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet, Simon and…. From the entry nonoperative
  • There they were, the devoted babushkas and dedushkas, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers of Bobby’s companions, lugging their bags, their bulging packages and bundles.1980, Mike Davidow, Moscow Diary, Moscow: Progress Publishers, page 147. From the entry babushka
  • Like it wasn't bad enough that I was soaked to the bone, now I had to lug an ick covered designer original across a puddle filled runway.2011, J. Morgan, Southern Werewolf Chronicles Book Two: Were the Moon Don't Shine. From the entry ick
  • Surprisingly, or not so to me, the best is the Pacific crab claw rig, closely followed by the Arab dhow or lateen sail, and the standing lug.2011, William E. Courduff, Butterfly on the Water, Author House, →ISBN, page 178. From the entry crab claw
  • I lug my stuff out to the ute and drive out of this lovely surburb with its old trees and young cafés, espresso and friands, poodles and BMWs.2005, Amanda Hampson, The Olive Sisters, unnumbered page. From the entry friand
  • Not so very long ago, I would have lugged around twenty pounds of brochures and methodically checked off exhibitors in the showguide until my blistered feet forced a halt.1988, Steven K. Roberts, Computing Across America, page 326. From the entry showguide

Meaning of lug

  1. noun The act of hauling or dragging.
  2. noun That which is hauled or dragged.
  3. noun Anything that moves slowly.

Full definition of lug

Questions about lug in a sentence

How do you use lug in a sentence?
Lug is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The pack is a heavy lug.”
What is a short sentence with lug?
“a hard lug”
What does lug mean?
Lug means the act of hauling or dragging.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lug (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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