Sentence examples for like a valise from inspiring English sources

The case, which locks up like a valise in the unlikely event that you'd want to take it on a trip, opens to reveal a blotter, a place for an inkwell, and a series of drawers marked Paid, Unpaid, Answered, and Unanswered, "but we can stamp them, in gold or silver, with anything you want".

Other claims have required only common sense to refute, like Vishniac's assertion that he took moving footage with a camera hidden in a valise.

Mrs. Huffy, who sells the luggage, wants a valise that is going to be trashed.

"Anything that can provide a clue, such as a piece of jewelry or a valise".

The Louis Vuitton logo pattern, which looked sensible on a valise, seemed surreal on a knee-length coat.

Fred Turner told Bruce Jacob that Gideon came to him with "a valise full of motions".

"Box in a Valise" (1943) ingeniously contains miniatures of some of Duchamp's notorious objects, including the urinal.

There is also a strong temptation to touch many of the displays in "Case Studies: Art in a Valise," a companion exhibition in an adjacent gallery.

"What else does Herr Kornblum want you to put in there?" "I'm learning to be an escape artist, not a valise," Josef said irritably.

"Andromeda Hotel: The Art of Joseph Cornell" and "Case Studies: Art in a Valise" at the Katonah Museum of Art, Route 22 at Jay Street.

Annie was bigger than he remembered, not just plump and full-faced but taller — it was probably her shoes — and she was carrying a handbag the size of a valise.