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Example sentences for "briefcase"

Lexicographically close words:
bridled; bridles; bridling; bridoon; brief; briefe; briefed; briefer; briefest; briefing
  1. Mr. Pathis whipped the papers out of his briefcase and spread them in front of Carrin.

  2. Mr. Pathis asked, setting his briefcase on a chair.

  3. She opened her eyes and saw a flat briefcase with a coil antenna sticking out.

  4. He pulled, and the briefcase fell heavily to the floor.

  5. Each carried a large flat briefcase with a coil antenna sticking out.

  6. Brooks, at the telephone, contorted his face and heaved the briefcase against the wall.

  7. Barnwell Powell had let the briefcase slip to the floor; he was staring, slack-jawed, at the tableau of violence which had been enacted before him.

  8. Barnwell Powell, prim and self-satisfied, sitting on the edge of his chair and clutching the briefcase on his lap as though it were a restless pet which might attempt to escape.

  9. Barnwell Powell was saying, polishing his glasses on a piece of tissue and keeping one elbow on his briefcase at the same time.

  10. Brannhard opened his briefcase and produced two papers--the writ, and the receipt for the Fuzzies, handing them across the desk.

  11. Brannhard looked as startled as though his own briefcase had jumped at his throat and tried to bite him.

  12. Watkins handed him the briefcase with so unexpected a motion that Summersby took it automatically.

  13. He was holding his tan briefcase under his left arm; he hadn't once laid it down.

  14. Let's rush it," said the man with the briefcase suddenly.

  15. Summersby shifted the briefcase and held out a hand.

  16. If it was a hospital, we'd be hurt," said a thin yellow-haired man with a briefcase under one arm.

  17. A thin blond fellow with a briefcase on his lap glanced back and down at the receding platform, as though trying to spot a friend he had left behind.

  18. Looks like the contents of a bakery window," said Watkins, leaning over with his briefcase clamped to his thin chest.

  19. He took his briefcase off his lap, where he had held it all the time he played, and dropped it to the floor.

  20. But he had a little briefcase that you saw, is that right?

  21. He had on a white shirt and tie and black pants, and he had a little briefcase with him, I think.

  22. Matthew set his briefcase on the thickly carpeted floor, clutching the binder in his left hand.

  23. There you are," Matthew said, his garment bag and briefcase in tow.

  24. He dropped it next to his briefcase and began climbing the steps.

  25. He set down the briefcase at the bottom of the stairs and flipped through a few pieces of mail.

  26. He turned to Pruffy, who opened his briefcase and handed a couple of photos across.

  27. I leaned over and took another sheet from my briefcase and tugged at it.

  28. We all laughed as I took half a dozen twelve-by-twelve hand sheets out of my briefcase and passed them around the table.

  29. I plopped my briefcase on his desk and pulled out all the specimens and dumped them in front of him.

  30. I said good-by to Susan and Mr. Spardleton, retrieved my briefcase from over by the radiator where Susan had put it the night before, and caught the plane.

  31. I picked out a dozen good samples of the paper of varying composition and thickness and put them in my briefcase along with a copy of the patent application.

  32. Louis the Goon had his briefcase clutched up under one arm instead of swinging.

  33. He'd probably try to get his foolish little briefcase in front of him like a shield.

  34. I just had time to grab my briefcase myself.

  35. Engel called "Fourteen" and got out there, briefcase tightly clutched up under his arm, its flap unbuckled.

  36. A stocky man dodged around from behind the woman and came rapidly down the platform, neat, crisp, briefcase under his arm.

  37. He hooked himself onto a strap, hitched the briefcase up under his free arm, and concentrated on a segment of his folded-open newspaper.

  38. She came last, carrying her briefcase full of important school papers.

  39. She came out with her briefcase in her hand.

  40. Professor Bernardi bore a briefcase full of notes and the table.

  41. We'll need some food before long, too," Professor Bernardi observed, putting his briefcase down on a fallen log.

  42. We have the only plans," the professor said, gripping his briefcase more tightly.

  43. Apparently they were also prepared to face the police and to claim the briefcase and bottle as their own.

  44. He swung the briefcase at the man with the automatic, catching him across the forehead with the metal edge.

  45. The briefcase was yanked out of his hand.

  46. The briefcase was filled with proof of who he was.

  47. The briefcase was also gone-- He gave the address of the Essex University Hospital to the cabby, and settled back in the seat, gripping the hand-guard tightly to fight down the returning pain in his side and leg.

  48. Shandor stepped from the cab, briefcase under his arm.

  49. Put them in a briefcase and subway-express them to your home.

  50. He looked up and grunted when he saw the fat briefcase under the girl's arm, and she dropped it on the table between them and sank down opposite him, studying his face.

  51. Shandor dumped the contents of the briefcase onto the desk, and settled down, his heart pounding in his throat.

  52. He looked down at the briefcase on the floor.

  53. He opened the briefcase and reaching into it he brought out the glass globe paperweight.

  54. Still smiling, he put the globe back into the briefcase and locked it.

  55. A loud burst of applause greeted Mary Louise as she smilingly rose to her feet and opened the briefcase and drew out the basket from under the table where she had hidden it.

  56. And I'll have presents for some of the guests," she added, with a significant glance at the briefcase and basket.

  57. At the far end, Reinhart and Dixon watched uneasily as the big Pole removed papers from his briefcase and carefully examined them.

  58. Cole turned a little as the huge Pole tossed down his briefcase and seated himself on the window ledge.

  59. Then he broke away and began to pack up his briefcase busily.

  60. Peter Sherikov accepted the briefcase of papers from his armed technician.

  61. Each held a brown leather briefcase at the end of a long, thin arm.

  62. He wore a light grey-green Palm Beach suit and carried a big brown leather briefcase that looked too heavy for his soda straw-thin legs and arms.

  63. He had put down his briefcase so it rested against his leg and taken a white handkerchief out of his breast pocket to wipe the dust from his lenses.

  64. He dropped his heavy briefcase on a nearby chair, took off his cap and dropped it on the briefcase.

  65. Right here," Farnsworth said, opening a briefcase that was lying on the table.

  66. The briefcase Weill was carrying may have given him the idea; it was flat and square-cornered, the size and shape of an old case of dueling pistols.

  67. Fitch came forward, unzipping his briefcase and pulling out papers.

  68. But I lugged the thirty-pound portable along, anyway, wishing that it looked a little more like a briefcase instead of a typewriter or a radio.

  69. He threw his briefcase and his hat on the bed and pulled up a chair to the cardtable where Maxwell and I were playing chess.

  70. After hanging up the phone, he opened his briefcase and extracted a small packet of bright blue, Belmont Student Feedback Forms and a sheet with the typewritten messages that had been created to be forged onto them.

  71. He looked to see that the rest of the contents were in place, then returned everything to the briefcase and left the room carrying it.

  72. He had just entered the door and placed his briefcase on the hall table when his wife's voice floated down the stairs, jarring the hell out of him.

  73. Scott opened up his briefcase and handed a file folder to Tyrone.

  74. Miles opened his briefcase and brought out a sheath of papers with charts and scribbles all over them.

  75. Whatever the reason, however, none of us had bothered to take it out of Ken's briefcase for examination.

  76. There's a sheet of paper in my briefcase that I'd like to go over with you.

  77. An electronic voice ordered me to put my briefcase into the X-ray machine while I proceeded through the metal detector.

  78. Finally, just before lunchtime, she got her briefcase and hailed a cab for uptown.

  79. I rummaged through my briefcase some more, finally extracting another paper.

  80. He glanced down at the smoke- smeared briefcase in his hands, as though holding a cobra.

  81. He clicked open his briefcase and took out a notebook.

  82. Then he returned to pick up his briefcase (Noda's silver box safely therein), have a brief farewell, and give us his keys.

  83. I'd throw a copy of the leases into my briefcase and drop by to see him.

  84. She came on in and dropped her briefcase on the desk.

  85. He was still closing his briefcase as we passed the guards, a couple of guys who looked like the heavies in an old Bruce Lee karate epic.

  86. Back at the locker he replaced the briefcase and, with a wad of gum, glued the key to the bottom of the locker frame.

  87. The briefcase was under his arm a minute later.

  88. He turned to his briefcase again and exchanged the gun for a small syringe, which he pushed into a trouser pocket, and a single-edged razor blade.

  89. As he zipped open the briefcase he surveyed his features in the mirror.

  90. He brought himself back with a grimace, aware that he was clutching the briefcase of tapes possessively from long habit.

  91. He clutched the bulging briefcase with a wearisome horror.


  92. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "briefcase" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.