dustbin

Example Sentences

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It was a different century, and Molly was still here, and if she had been rescued from the dustbin of history, then why not that dress?

From Literature

“Ah! I understand. You are thanking me for throwing Planet Spud into the dustbin,” she said.

From Literature

Feitó-Cabrera made the comments earlier this week at a session of the National Assembly, in which she spoke about people begging and rummaging through dustbins in Cuba.

From BBC

The question remains if this is a better strategy, if it will even work, than preventing species from being swept into the dustbin of extinction in the first place.

From Salon

But I can assure you, it has not been set aside into a dustbin.

From Salon