wastebasket

Example Sentences

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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

Kids might not yell his name the way they hollered “KOBE!” as they faded away and tossed a rolled up piece of paper toward the wastebasket.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021

There is nothing appealing about being people’s emotional wastebasket, and that is not in your job description.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

The next morning, when Cap was performing the dancelike martial arts moves by the dogwood bushes, my darling daughter emptied an entire wastebasket full of water down on his head.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman