Sentence examples for a sack of beans from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a sack of beans" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to agriculture, cooking, or metaphorically to describe something of little value or importance.
Example: "After the harvest, we had a sack of beans left over that we decided to donate to the local food bank."
Alternatives: "a bag of beans" or "a pouch of beans".

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"Cacao is a good crop, but it can be a real headache if the rains don't come," sighed the manager, leaning on a sack of beans.

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In another, a 10-year-old has a sack of coffee beans strapped to his back, and in a third, a skeletal worker in rags stands in a field of sugar cane stubble, machete in hand.

If there was a sack of dried beans in the pantry, everything would be ok.

A bag of Dixie white butter peas sat next to a sack of Shantyboat butter beans.

As of last week, the peasants had received only a sack of maize and beans each from the World Food Programme.

"You can get a sack of potatoes or beans, and that will last you for ages," she said.

As woman after woman hauled off a sack of rice, a bag of beans and a can of cooking oil, the restaveks, a Creole term used to describe Haiti's child laborers, dropped to their knees to pick up the bits that were inadvertently dropped in the dirt.

"Who wants a sack of cement?

"It's like a sack of potatoes".

A sack of twenty cookies cost less than a dollar.

Or, you know, like a sack of potatoes.

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