wastebasket

Example Sentences

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Do it once, but make sure to sit beside a wastebasket.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

These commitments are important, as they give Kennedy something to wad up and christen his wastebasket with when he steps into his new office.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2025

This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024

And make sure trash makes it to the wastebasket.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

Father brought the wastebasket to the next room, where Margot, Mrs. van Daan and I gratefully made use of it.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank