How to Use carry-on in a Sentence

carry-on

1 of 3 noun

• Know what’s in your bags: Know what can and cannot go in a carry-on bag.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
• So that’s my meet-cute with the sweetest carry-on on Earth.
  — Dan Bova, wsj.com, 5 Oct. 2023
• These earplugs come with a clip-on carry case to attach to your carry-on bag, purse, or keys.
  — Karthika Gupta, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
• But a regular-sized carry-on (up to 22 pounds) costs $45 each way.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
• Roughly the size of a carry-on suitcase, the instrument is a labyrinth of wires and metal.
  — Carmen Drahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2023
• The carry-on is available in black, silver, pink, light blue, navy, and burgundy.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023
• Some passengers cut the line to secure space for their carry-on bag in the overhead bin.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• Anything bigger, like a carry-on bag with wheels, needed to be checked for a $35 fee.
  — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
• Make no mistake: This summer is the summer of the carry-on luggage.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 6 July 2023
• For someone who always checks her bag, the thought of downsizing to a carry-on is the stuff of nightmares.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
• The travel brand breaks down their luggage picks by carry-on and checked bags and offers a wide range of colors.
  — Ellen McAlpine, menshealth.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• Samsonite fans will love the brand’s hardside carry-on that’s now almost half off.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
• Tell Dad to pack up and get out (to vacation) with one of these carry-on suitcases.
  — WIRED, 13 June 2023
• Leave enough room in your carry-on for loads of pickups from les pharmacies Française.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
• Time will tell just how many more pink outfit changes and Barbie-style props Margot has packed in that carry-on of hers.
  — Emma Spedding, Vogue, 28 June 2023
• Well, wake up: the dream is a reality with this carry-on backpack from Matein.
  — David Moses, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024
• This year-round shoe staple is equally sensible and stylish, and isn't too bulky or heavy to pack in your carry-on.
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
• The safe is offered in four colors and is small enough to fit into a handbag, car, or carry-on, as well as in a drawer.
  — Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2023
• The checked piece is considerably lightweight at only 7.9 pounds, and the carry-on is 7 pounds.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
• Each person can only bring one suitcase weighing up to 35 pounds and one carry-on item up to 22 pounds.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2023
• Harry Potter wand: Yes, in either a carry-on or checked bag.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
• In 1970, my mom came to the U.S. from Ecuador on a tourist visa while pregnant with me, her invisible carry-on luggage.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
• Plus, a smaller holdall like this is much more versatile: Use it as a weekender, as your carry-on, or as a gym bag.
  — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2023
• The 20-inch carry-on spinner comes in red or black, with Mickey heads embossed into the outer shell.
  — Valerie Marino, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
• The sick passenger was asked to find a change of clothes in her carry-on bag while the rest of the cabin managed their secondhand queasiness.
  — Natalie B. Compton, Andrea Sachs and Heidi Pérez-Moreno, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• In our testing, the XC40 held 23 carry-on suitcases with its rear seats folded.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 5 May 2023
• These items are not allowed in passenger carry-on bags.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• Their carry-ons are always topped by a beachy straw bag; this year, the crowd has an obvious preference for Loewe x Paula’s Ibiza totes.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 June 2023
• Mack hid her wedding dress in her handheld garment bag and Selleck flew in with only a carry-on to avoid suspicion.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
• But the briefcase is too wide to satisfy the carry-on requirements at most airlines, regardless.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 3 May 2024

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carry-on

2 of 3 adjective

• There's no shortage of passenger space in the front and rear seats, and its cargo area is big enough to hold 11 carry-on suitcases behind the back row.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023
• Below, six products that were on my packing list for Panama City, starting with my trusty carry-on.
  — Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2023
• Nearly 4,000 Amazon shoppers have given the luggage set (which includes a large, medium, and carry-on bag) a five-star rating.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• Airlines tack these extras onto your ticket purchase to cover things like a seat assignment or a carry-on bag.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• This one from Muji is inexpensive and compact, freeing up my carry-on for another pair of loafers.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
• Seat assignments, carry-on bags and other options cost extra.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
• Best Amazon Luggage Deals Amazon’s top deals on luggage this month include steals on both individual pieces and sets, for carry-on, weekender, and checked bags.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023

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carry on

3 of 3 verb

• Back to the action, Fenwick carries on the pitch, down to the 11.
  — Nick Daschel | [e-mail], oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
• The party carried on until the wee hours of the morning.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
• When you're done, rinse and carry on with the rest of your routine.
  — Annie Burdick, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2022
• And so the poor kid had to carry on with life, with no mama.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2022
• Until then, the queue will carry on through the day, night, warmth, cold, and rain.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2022
• You were allowed a few pounds of things to carry on your back and that was it.
  — Livia Paccariè, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
• In the YouTube video, Keys, 43, smoothly sings the first notes and carries on without a hitch.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Feb. 2024
• But even with the tamed blaze still smoldering, Hilton and the team carried on with the shoot.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024
• But first, Wallen will spend much of 2024 carrying on with the One Night at a Time tour.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
• During the long years of the siege, the Ferusics tried to carry on as usual.
  — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• What's left in that moment is what will have to carry on.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2022
• Haskins finished off the drive with a 13-yard carry on the next snap.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2021
• When the facts become too painful, the room stands slack for a second and then carries on.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
• And the top handle can be carried on your arm or on a suitcase.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
• Barnard picked up the first down on an 11-yard carry on third down to clinch the victory.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Nov. 2021
• His sons and daughters carry on his work in their own unique ways.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2022
• When the stranger strolls away, hand-in-hand with her own daughter, he’s forced to draw his coat tighter and carry on.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 19 Feb. 2023
• The instruction carries on from there: how to read the water, how to choose a fly, how to set a hook.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• This is the novel’s cure for white despair over the loss of whiteness: Keep calm and carry on.
  — Namwali Serpell, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2022
• The push-and-pull on offense will carry on throughout the season.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Sep. 2022
• Pinned beneath the beast, the bloody young officer heaves himself to his feet and carries on with the siege.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
• Even then, some of the dogs don’t die, and the butchers simply carry on, horror-movie style.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 June 2022
• The next day the wedding carried on with about half the guest list and no power – lit by more than 100 candles.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
• In the end, the clearest path forward was to ‘keep calm and carry on’ with a rate rise of 0.25 percentage points.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• His goal is to be someone whose path in life moves others to find their own strength to carry on.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
• This response pushed me to carry on with even more passion, aware of how much work is yet to be done.
  — Francesca Marani, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022
• The races in that series will be carried on the CW network starting in 2025.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Rosa encouraged the mourners to hold the dead close to their hearts but to carry on in their honor.
  — Eileen Kelley, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2021
• As play carried on, the two engaged in a scrap which led to McDavid delivering a high cross-check to Garland.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
• However, the character of the 1956 home has very much carried on decades later in its three bedroom, four bedroom space — even with some matching wallpaper and bedspreads.
  — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 11 Feb 2025