scrap heap

Example Sentences

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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

It’s been months since Broomhilda went to the scrap heap and I’m still car shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024

This scrap heap of hulking male humanity landed perhaps seven feet away from me, and I wasn't in danger of being plowed over myself, as sideline photographers sometimes are.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

That has left Ms Haley feeling like she is "back on the scrap heap again" and "old before her time".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023

And just when Holly had mentally consigned herself to the scrap heap, she felt it.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer