Example sentences for: carry-on

How can you use “carry-on” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Under the previous noncomputerized profiling system, selectees were subject to secondary screening of their carry-on belongings, and checked baggage.

  • Therefore, secondary screening of individuals and their carry-on bags to identify weapons (other than bombs) was nonexistent, except for passengers who triggered the metal detectors.

  • Several years prior to 9/11, an FAA requirement for screeners to conduct "continuous" and "random" hand searches of carry-on luggage at checkpoints had been replaced by explosive trace detection or had simply become ignored by the air carriers.

  • Even had the hijackers been unable to understand and answer the two standard security questions, the only consequence would have been the screening of their carry-on and checked bags for explosives.

  • Overcrowded cabins are unsafe, so some carriers now limit passengers to one carry-on bag, instead of the traditional two.


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