junkyard

Example Sentences

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“It just grew into this junkyard of stolen vehicles,” Oppenheimer says.

From Seattle Times

One team meet-up is staged, randomly, at an auto junkyard; it’s as though these serial sedan-killers want to lord it over the corpses.

From New York Times

The outdoor enclosure that looks like a tropical junkyard is basically an unglamorous reform school of sorts that involves the occasional therapy sesh with Glaser.

From Salon

Used tires in a junkyard, a tire swing, an old tire leaning against a garage: All can fill with rainwater and attract the insects.

From Washington Post

Her choreography, set in the junkyards and warehouses of Red Hook, is dedicated to Ogun, a warrior spirit, a spirit of iron.

From New York Times