dustbin

Example Sentences

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The pink, mouse-like creatures lived in craters covered by dustbin lids - the lids' noisy "clang" gave the show its name.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

But those primarily interested in dividend income shouldn’t toss them in the dustbin just yet.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The broadcast network triopoly went into the dustbin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Straight to the dustbin of history, one of many macho mistakes in a decade full of them.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Ugwu had saved them from the study dustbin; the Mathematical Annals were incomprehensible, but at least he had read, if not understood, a few pages of Socialist Review.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie