wastebasket
Example Sentences
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Crawl up the wastebasket—oooh, I didn’t know it would sway like that!
From Literature
This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.
From Los Angeles Times
Last month, in an act of showmanship during a Facebook Live event, Fain condemned a contract proposal from Stellantis as “trash” — and tossed a copy of it into a wastebasket, “where it belongs,” he said.
From Seattle Times
She said, “Suds, will you excuse yourself from Joey long enough to empty your wastebasket, please.”
From Literature
There are two wide windows with sheer curtains, a closet with an ironing board tucked inside, a mini fridge, a mini wastebasket.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.