dustbin
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
For Farage, "while it's embarrassing for him to win against a dustbin, and not the mainstream parties, he will return as MP," said Catherine Barnard, a political expert at Cambridge University.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
When Dornan ran again in 1998, with volunteers vowing to pursue any election irregularities, Sanchez walloped him, and he was swept into the dustbin of political history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The broadcast network triopoly went into the dustbin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
In the same opinion, the court more or less threw a 90-year-old precedent into the dustbin of history and never explained why.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2025
I heard him lift the lid of the dustbin and drop something into it and put the lid of the dustbin back on.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
Nor did he take satisfaction that most of them now lie in the dustbins of history while he is more celebrated than ever, as humanity goes to hell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
Four decades after its release, Haggerty’s music was pulled from the dustbins and caught the ear of a new generation.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
It is a hard fight for survival for the residents, some of whom wake up in the morning to search for food in dustbins.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2021
He began spending much of his time mixing up dustbins full of white paint and adding dry pigment, bit by bit, in an effort to match the existing colors in National Trust houses.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
And when he went scrounging in the dustbins of Brazzaville, Rickie went along—riding on his back!
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
