How to Use briefcase in a Sentence

briefcase

noun

• The key in the lock, the slap of his briefcase on the wooden floor, and the silence that fell over the house.
  — Hugo Hamilton, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
• An agent who left a weapon in a briefcase on the Metro was suspended for 10 days.
  — Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
• Passengers will still be allowed one carry-on bag and one personal item like a purse or briefcase.
  — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018
• That led to Carmella coming down to cash in her Money in the Bank briefcase.
  — Gene Guillot, NOLA.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• Anxious air travelers need not fret, as one personal item such as a purse, briefcase, or laptop bag will be allowed on board.
  — Janine Puhak, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018
• Car prowls are high due to people leaving purses, briefcases, backpacks and other items visible in their vehicles.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Rancho Bernardo, 18 Apr. 2018
• Carmella is the first woman to ever cash in a Money in the Bank contract after holding onto the briefcase for longer than any man ever did.
  — Gene Guillot, NOLA.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• In 1981, while sitting at Café Gijón in Madrid, a man with a red briefcase held court telling funny stories.
  — Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
• Fellow briefcase girl Tameka Jacobs told me, 'He was super-creepy, but some girls were attracted to money and power and took his number.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Apr. 2018
• The young woman, who spoke in imperfect English with a strong Eastern European accent, kept pointing at the briefcase and shaking her head up and down.
  — Jeffrey R. Manning, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
• One for the bathroom counter, and one for the work briefcase.
  — Allure, 3 Feb. 2023
• All told, the machine is about the size of a large briefcase.
  — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 31 Mar. 2020
• Dad drained the last of his milk with a quick slurp and stood to grab his briefcase.
  — Jessi Hempel, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
• That's when Michelle grabbed her briefcase and headed to the vault.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
• That means Old Five just showed up in 1963 with a briefcase.
  — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• Put your phone, wallet or briefcase on the back seat next to the car seat.
  — Sarah Raskin, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
• The turntable folds up and can be carried around like a briefcase.
  — Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 26 May 2022
• This is not a book about a drug deal gone wrong, or a briefcase full of cash.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2018
• The train and the briefcase play integral parts in the action.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2022
• Blood was also found on the Dell briefcase and the winter hat.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
• Meghan used the prop while working on the show as a briefcase model.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2019
• In Season 1, a lawyer is shot dead and his briefcase is stolen.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
• The argument could be made that the Money in the Bank briefcase was burned.
  — Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Meyers and Leo play the heads of the clean-up crew, while Banderas plays the crime boss looking for the briefcase.
  — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
• And each bag and briefcase would be sent through an X-ray machine.
  — David Tarrant kevin Krause, Dallas News, 17 June 2019
• Some of them succeed with a toddler on one hip and a briefcase in one hand.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2021
• The rover drilled the core from a flat, briefcase-size Mars rock nicknamed Rochette last week.
  — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2021
• Five returns to 1962 and receives the briefcase from The Handler.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 31 July 2020
• The satellites are about the size of a briefcase or large cereal box.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2018
• Just to clarify, the flying object was the briefcase, not the classmate.
  — Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024