In a sentence
Six example sentences with portable, each labelled with its topic.
The whole studio is portable now: two lights, a folding backdrop, and a battery pack fit in one roller case.
Photography
Her portable keyboard folds in half and rides in a backpack, so she can rehearse in hotel rooms between shows.
Music
A portable water filter weighs less than an apple and lets hikers refill from streams without carrying four extra liters.
Travel
The first portable computer weighed eleven kilograms and had a screen the size of a postcard.
Technology
A portable ultrasound the size of a phone lets the rural nurse check a heartbeat without sending anyone to the city.
Medicine
The field team carries a portable spectrometer, so rock samples are identified on the ridge instead of weeks later.
Science
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