pail

Example Sentences

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“It was like someone took a pail of ice water and dumped it on my head,” said Dixon Camacho.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

The simplicity of a brain plopped in a pail for scientific research becomes something of a mordant sight gag.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Robinson’s updated pail had separate compartments for food and liquids, and was designed so items within could be heated using a small lamp.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2024

A garbage pail is placed in one corner in case, well, you know.

From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Unfortunately, the children had learned the words according to the way they sounded, rather than what they actually meant, so that “All hail to our founder” became “A pail full of flounder” and so on.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood