How to Use portable in a Sentence

portable

1 of 2 adjective

• Portable devices such as MP3 players are becoming increasingly popular.
• In our test of the best portable power stations, the EcoFlow Delta 2 came out as top dog.
  — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2024
• And as in Oakland, the thieves seemed to target the most high-value, portable plants.
  — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• The outside of the bag has a laptop sleeve and a small pocket to store a portable charger.
  — Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
• Over on the back of the laptop is a camera that shoots outward—not a common sight on a portable PC.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
• Plus, this design makes the tub portable and easy to set up, says Paulson.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
• The portable espresso maker is great for your kitchen counter but small enough to keep at the office as well.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
• Cell phone and hiking app: Keep the phone on airplane mode to save the battery, and bring a portable charger.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• Cool your space for less with these portable ACs under $400.
  — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 26 July 2023
• Go all out with a spankin' new skin-care device like the portable NuFace Mini+ or stock up on the beloved Cosrx snail mucin essence.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 28 Nov. 2023
• The tag is just a portable way to tether the profile to the actual animal.
  — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
• The next-gen machine is just a concept at this stage but points to the future of portable computers.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
• This portable one from Theragun is the perfect size to pack in your bag and boasts a five-hour battery life.
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2023
• On Best Buy Movie dates can now happen at home with this portable projector and a white sheet or wall.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2023
• In some cases workers at the morgue had to do their work on portable tables placed outside.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• This lightweight portable propane heater will work for the campsite, garage, or small cabin.
  — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
• In contrast, slant-leg canopies are more spacious and portable.
  — Lee Alisha Williams, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023
• Ready to embrace the freedom and convenience of portable neck fans?
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
• Besides the new county mobile health teams, the city of San Diego has plans to install 13 portable restrooms.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• The most striking feature of the Predator Triton 16 is its sleek and portable design.
  — PCMAG, 1 June 2023
• The Tushy Travel Bidet is a discreet and portable squeeze-to-squirt bidet that clips onto or into your travel bag.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
• Upon initial investigation, a portable propane heater inside the blind seemed to be the source of the fire.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
• The portable microphones encased in soft-foam cubes often are a hit.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
• The durable fabric and rubber housing keep the portable speaker safe from drops anywhere.
  — Deanna McCormack, Parents, 19 Mar. 2024
• Looking for a tent or portable coffee maker to take on your camping trip?
  — Sara Tane, goodhousekeeping.com, 16 May 2023
• The school did not have flood insurance then and paid $1.5 million to rebuilt its fifth grade wing and library, which were in portable buildings.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• The good news is grabbing yourself a portable camping grill (not to be confused with camping stoves) has never been more fun and easy.
  — John Thompson, menshealth.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• For Prime Day, the online retailer has slashed prices on dozens of quality, portable speakers that are sure to sell out fast.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• Camps of large white tents, portable toilets and wash stations have been set up nearby so patrols can rest on their 72-hour rotations through the desert.
  — David Culver, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
• Residents have portable toilets, showers, laundry and trash pickup.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024

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portable

2 of 2 noun

• It’s an upscale portable oven that’s about a fourth the size of a standard wall oven.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• There are water stains on the ceilings in several of the portables.
  — Caitlin R. McGlade, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• Each day of the week has its own portable, pocket-size case that can be removed from the box and carried on its own for day trips or hikes.
  — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2023
• The blow molded plastic case holds all the sockets securely, and the handle makes the whole set portable.
  — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2023
• But in the reveal of the new product there was a lot of detail, and one of these referred to the company’s previous portable, the Sonos Move.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
• Some of the bathrooms are permanent fixtures, while others are portables with two toilets that are trucked in and out.
  — Janie Har, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
• During this time, students will likely use portables — Holmes High School at the moment has 14 for this very reason.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Apr. 2018
• Pale yellow portables ring a courtyard with benches and tables, shade tents and potted trees.
  — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 18 Mar. 2017
• Officials scrambled to bring in trailers to house the overflow of students, and up to 130 portables were spread throughout the county’s four-dozen school buildings.
  — al, 15 Feb. 2023
• And a device that portable is easy to lose, giving ne’er-do-wells free reign over your information.
  — Whitson Gordon, Wired, 20 Aug. 2020
• Some of those structures will be swapped out for new portables, while others will replaced by permanent classrooms.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2019
• The Butterfly iQ is at least the fourth portable, handheld ultrasound device on the market.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• The student-athletes have had to watch film and attend classes in crowded classrooms and portables stuffed to capacity.
  — Joshua Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2019
• If so, look for one that's small and extra portable, and also consider one that can run on batteries or be plugged into a USB port.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2023
• Lenovo also has a Thunderbolt 3 monitor with matching styling to go with the portables.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
• L’interdiction générale des téléphones portables dans les écoles et les collèges a été définitivement adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale aujourd’hui.
  — Makena Kelly, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2018
• Not only are goods like beef jerky and wild salmon portable and packed in recyclable containers, the brand exists to find solutions to climate change through food.
  — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2018
• Central School - $6 million new cafeteria, new classrooms and removal of all portables.
  — Al.com Staff, al, 6 Aug. 2019
• Hydro Flask had a sale on its tumblers in October, and our readers jumped at the chance to grow their collection of portable, insulated cups.
  — Samantha Gordon, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2019
• There are 1,608 portables and modular units in the school district, said David Dolan, deputy facilities management chief.
  — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• Apple touts its new notebooks as delivering the power of high-powered PC desktops in a portable.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
• These bag-like portables come in different sizes, but a small one, usually embedded with steel mesh that can’t be slashed open, should protect cash and, perhaps, small electronics.
  — Catharine Hamm, latimes.com, 28 Aug. 2017
• Its canned Le Spritz pack makes a lightly bubbly, pleasantly bitter Ghia-and-soda portable, with a gentle sweetness from riesling grapes and yuzu juice.
  — Allison Robicelli, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
• What's more, making such a laser portable is much harder—even impossible—considering the limits of modern battery tech and the size of the weapon according to the report.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2018
• The school has added two outdoor portables to accommodate more children on their property off N Street and 12th Avenue, said principal Ahrens.
  — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2018
• But for a device primarily meant to be played as a portable, this is a noticeable misstep that becomes glaring in games with dark scenes, like horror or stealth action games.
  — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
• The school system is now in the market for used portable classrooms after officials learned there is a backlog of orders for new portables until November.
  — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 4 June 2018
• According to the Sheriff’s Office, a teacher at the neighboring elementary school saw a person with a Nike backpack with what appeared to be a handgun near the middle school portables.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile, its Alienware portables can take your gaming to the next level with crisp screens, powerful GPUs, cutting-edge cooling technology, and more.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 29 Aug. 2023
• This will include replacement bleachers for the baseball field, a solar project, replacing ag portables, and HVAC improvements.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024